Xylocopa (Nyctomelitta)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Apidae
Subfamilia: Xylocopinae
Tribus: Xylocopini
Genus: Xylocopa
Subgenus: Xylocopa (Nyctomelitta)
Species: X. (N.) myops – X. (N.) proximata –X. (N.) tranquebaricus

Name

Xylocopa (Nyctomelitta) Cockerell, 1929

Type species: Xylocopa tranquebaricus Fabricius, 1804

References

• Cockerell, T.D.A. 1929. Descriptions and records of bees—CXIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)4: 296-304.
• Hurd, P.D. & J.S. Moure. 1963. A classification of the large carpenter bees (Xylocopini) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). University of California Publications in Entomology. 29:1-365.
• Maa, T.-c. 1940. Xylocopa orientalia critica (Hymen.), IV. Subgenus Nyctomelitta Ckll. Lingnan Science Journal 19: 577-582.
• Michener, C.D. 2007: The Bees of the World. 2nd Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. 953 pp.
• Minckley, R.L. 1998: A cladistic analysis and classification of the subgenera and genera of the Large Carpenter Bees, Tribe Xylocopini (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Scientific Papers of the Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas, 9: 1–47.