Xylocopa latipes [SEP] parent taxon
Xylocopa latipes
Xylocopa latipes, the tropical carpenter bee, is a species of carpenter bee widely dispersed throughout Southeast Asia. As its name suggests, this bee inhabits forests in warm tropical climates and constructs nests by burrowing into wood. It often makes long deep tunnels in wooden rafters, fallen trees, telephone poles and the like, but is not found in living trees.
It was first scientifically described by the English entomologist, Dru Drury in 1773, and is a member of the group of solitary bees (Family Apidae
"Xylocopa kamerunensis"
- "Xylocopa karnyi"
- "Xylocopa kerri"
- "Xylocopa kuehni"
- "Xylocopa lachnea"
- "Xylocopa lanata"
- "Xylocopa langi"
- "Xylocopa lateralis"
- "Xylocopa lateritia"
- "Xylocopa laticeps"
- "Xylocopa latipes"
- "Xylocopa lautipennis"
- "Xylocopa lehmanni"
- "Xylocopa lepeletieri"
- "Xylocopa leucocephala"
- "Xylocopa leucothoracoides"
- "Xylocopa levequeae"