Carpenter-bee (Xylocopa valga) foraging Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) flowers.
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Apidae
Genus:
Xylocopa
Species:
X. valga
Binomial name
Xylocopa valga
Gerstaecker, 1872[2]
Xylocopa valga is a species of carpenter bee common to: western, central and southern Europe, except for far northern latitudes; the Caucasus; Middle East; Central Asia; and Mongolia.[3] The species has become extinct in Latvia and Lithuania.[4]
^Terzo, M.; Nieto, A. (2013). "Xylocopa valga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13325229A13325391.
^"Xylocopa valga Gerstaecker 1872". Fauna Europaea. 21 June 2004. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
^Панфилов Д. В., Березин М. В. "ПЧЕЛА - ПЛОТНИК - Xylocopa valga Gerstaecker, 1872" (in Russian). Retrieved 2012-01-14.
^He, Chunling; Zhu, Chaodong (2020-07-09). Ovadia, Ofer (ed.). "Nesting and foraging behavior of Xylocopa valga in the Ejina Oasis, China". PLOS ONE. 15 (7): e0235769. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1535769H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0235769. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7347186. PMID 32645055.
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