Xylocopa gabrielae Engel 2001 (large carpenter bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2001. The first large carpenter bee from the Tertiary of North America, with a consideration of the geological history of Xylocopinae (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 127(2):245-254

Belongs to Xylocopa according to M. S. Engel 2021

See also Engel 2001

Sister taxa: Xylocopa atavus, Xylocopa celineae, Xylocopa diatoma, Xylocopa friesei, Xylocopa hydrobiae, Xylocopa jurinei, Xylocopa obata, Xylocopa senilis, Xylocopa veta

Type specimen: MCZ 3464, an exoskeleton (complete bee). Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)

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