California carpenter bee
| California carpenter bee Xylocopa californica |
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X. californica
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| Xylocopa californica Cresson, 1864
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The California carpenter bee, Xylocopa californica, is a species of carpenter bee in the order Hymenoptera. It is native to western North America. [1]
Distribution
Xylocopa californica is found in California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, and Northwestern Mexico. [2] It is found, along with Xylocopa varipuncta, in the Central Valley and in Southern California, including the Mojave Desert. They are agriculturally beneficial insects and pollinators of diverse California chaparral and woodlands and desert native plant species. [3] [4]
Description
The California carpenter bee is all black, as other Xylocopa species−the large carpenter bees are, and has some bluish/greenish reflections. The male has some lighter markings on the pronotum (dorsal prothorax) and the abdominal segments. [5]
Subspecies
The species has three named subspecies:[1]
- Xylocopa californica arizonensis Cresson, 1879
- Xylocopa californica californica Cresson, 1864
- Xylocopa californica diamesa Hurd, 1954
See also
References
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- Discoverlife.org: Photo gallery of Xylocopa californica (Western Carpenter Bee) — with list of host plants.
- BugGuide.Net: Xylocopa californica — Western Carpenter Bee — images.CCategory:Pollinator Hymenoptera
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- ↑ National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders; Lorus and Margery Milne; 1980; Knopf.
- ↑ California Insects; Jerry A. Powell, Charles L. Hogue; 1989; University of California Press.
- ↑ Discoverlife.org: Xylocopa californica
- ↑ BugGuide.Net: Species − Xylocopa californica
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- Xylocopinae
- Hymenoptera of North America
- Insects of Mexico
- Insects of the United States
- Fauna of California
- Fauna of Northern Mexico
- Fauna of the Southwestern United States
- Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Fauna of the Great Basin
- Fauna of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Agriculturally beneficial insects
- Bee stubs
