13 - Lateral view, female
14 - Dorsal view, male
15 - Lateral view, male
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Apidae
Genus:
Xylocopa
Species:
X. sulcatipes
Binomial name
Xylocopa sulcatipes
Maa 1970
Xylocopa sulcatipes is a large Arabian carpenter bee. These multivoltine bees take part in social nesting and cooperative nesting. They are metasocial[definition needed] carpenter bees that nest in thin dead branches. One or more cooperating females build many brood cells.[1] They have been extensively studied in Saudi Arabia and Israel.[2]
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