Xylocopa jurinei Heer 1864 (large carpenter bee)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Alternative combination: Bombus jurinei

Full reference: O. Heer. 1864. Die Urwelt der Schweiz 1-622

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

See also Cockerell 1909, Heer 1864 and Heer 1867

Sister taxa: Xylocopa (Apocolyx), Xylocopa atavus, Xylocopa celineae, Xylocopa diatoma, Xylocopa friesei, Xylocopa gabrielae, Xylocopa hydrobiae, Xylocopa obata, Xylocopa senilis, Xylocopa veta

Type specimen: 682a, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection)

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