EditorialPinned, Island of Penang, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, Xylocopa collaris penangensis Cockerell, 1918, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae.
EditorialPinned, Sharp Peak I. at Mouth of min R., China, China, Xylocopa lunulata minensis Cockerell, 1909, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae.
EditorialXylocopa, Print, Carpenter bees are species in the genus Xylocopa of the subfamily Xylocopinae. The genus includes some 500 bees in 31 subgenera. The common name "carpenter bee" derives from their nesting behavior; nearly all species burrow into hard p...
EditorialBombus dahlbomii bumblebee 1, Acanthopus palmatus (Acanthopus splendidus) 2, Xylocopa flavorufa (Xylocopa trepida) 3, and cuckoo bee, Melecta punctata 4. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Blanchard from Charles d'Orbigny's "Dic...
EditorialHelicopter damselfly, Mecistogaster lucretia 1, tropical carpenter bee, Xylocopa latipes 2, and potter wasp, Synagris cornuta, male 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Illustrations of Exotic Entomology," Bohn...