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Definition of Genus Xylocopa
1. Noun. Carpenter bees.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Apidae, Family Apidae
Member holonyms: Carpenter Bee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Xylocopa
Literary usage of Genus Xylocopa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia by American Entomological Society, Entomological Society of Philadelphia (1864)
"Mr. Westwood, in his new edition of Drury's work (1837), transfers the Apis
Virginica of Drury to the genus Xylocopa. and quotes ..."
2. The Intellectual Observer (1862)
"... of the genus Xylocopa, a scientific term which conveys the same meaning as
the popular name, consists merely in boring, or otherwise forming a burrow in ..."
3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1916)
"Ackerman, AJ—The carpenter bees of the US of the genus Xylocopa, 8, xxiv, 196-32.
Cockerell, TDA—Some bees, British Guiana, 507, ..."
4. Fasciculi Malayenses: Anthropological and Zoological Results of an by Nelson Annandale, Herbert C. Robinson (1903)
"Malay name " Kumbang," a general name applied to all species of the genus Xylocopa'
A common Indo-Malayan species. APIS, Linn. 162. ..."
5. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
"Moreover, the genus Xylocopa appears to me to be much more nearly allied to
Anthophora* and Centris, than it is either ..."
6. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia by American Entomological Society, Entomological Society of Philadelphia (1864)
"... but the head is narrower than the thorax and the abdomen is without a ventral
scopa. Genus XYLOCOPA. Fahr. 3. Xylocopa californica. n. ep. ..."
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