†Xylocopa friesei Statz 1936 (large carpenter bee)
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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 (Apocolyx), 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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