| 词条 | California carpenter bee |
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| name = California carpenter bee Xylocopa californica | image = Male California carpenter bee 2.jpg | image_caption = Male | image2 =Xylocopa_californica.jpg | image2_caption = Female | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Hymenoptera | familia = Apidae | genus = Xylocopa | species = X. californica | binomial = Xylocopa californica | binomial_authority = Cresson, 1864 }} The California carpenter bee, Xylocopa californica, is a species of carpenter bee in the order Hymenoptera. It is native to western North America.[1] DistributionXylocopa 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] This carpenter bee is active during hot seasons. DescriptionThe 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] SubspeciesThe species has three named subspecies:[1]
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References1. ^1 {{ITIS |id=684950 |taxon=Xylocopa californica}} 2. ^National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders; Lorus and Margery Milne; 1980; Knopf. 3. ^California Insects; Jerry A. Powell, Charles L. Hogue; 1989; University of California Press. 4. ^Discoverlife.org: Xylocopa californica 5. ^BugGuide.Net: Species − Xylocopa californica External links
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