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Ridge-browed Carpenter

Xylocopa frontalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 44, February 42, March 34, April 38, May 24, June 26, July 15, August 16, September 25, October 36, November 35, December 27.
Brazil362
Argentina109
Sao Paulo72
Rio de Jeneiro70
Rio Grande do Sul44
Santa Fe39
Buenos Aires38
Colombia35
Espirito Santo27
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires23

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyHoney Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies · Apidae
GenusLarge Carpenter Bees · Xylocopa

Sources

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