Xylocopa friesei Statz 1936 (large carpenter bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Full reference: G. Statz. 1936. Ueber alte und neue fossile Hymenopterenfunde aus den Tertiaren Ablagerungen von Rott am Siebengebirge. Decheniana 93:256-312

Belongs to Xylocopa according to F. E. Zeuner and F. J. Manning 1976

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

Type specimen: LACMIP 3922, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rott (Statz Collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - small shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rott (Statz Collection)

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