Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Xylocopa darwini
Abeja carpintera de Galápagos, Galapagos carpenter bee
![Male endemic Galapagos Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa darwini Cockerell, 1926) Photo: Adriano Spielmann, CDF, 2012.](https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/images/checklist/2012_galapagos_isabela_foto-spielmann_2012-05-05-49.jpg)
![Female endemic Galapagos Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa darwini) Photo: Ruben Heleno, CDF, 2011.](https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/images/checklist/rh_0078_xilocopa-darwinii-en-jasminocereus-thouarsii-fernandina.jpg)
![X. darwini Endemic bee Photo: ICCDRS.](https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/images/checklist/X.darwini.jpg)
![Male endemic Galapagos Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa darwini Cockerell, 1926) Photo: Adriano Spielmann, CDF, 2012.](https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/images/checklist/2012_galapagos_isabela_foto-spielmann_2012-05-05-49.jpg)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Suborder
Apocrita
Superfamily
Apoidea
Family
Apidae
Genus
Xylocopa
Species
darwini
Taxon category: Accepted
Taxon origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Cockerell, T.D.A. (1935) The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 28 The Carpenter Bees of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Fourth Series, 21(28): 379-382.
- Parkin, P. Parkin D.T., Ewing, A.W. & Ford, H.A. (1972) A report on the arthropods collected by the Edinburgh University Galapagos Islands Expedition, 1968. The Pan-pacific Entomologist 48: 100-107.
- Jaramillo, P. Trigo, M. M., Ramírez, E. &Mauchamp, A. (2010) Insect Pollinators of Jasminocereus thouarsii, an endemic cactus of the Galapagos Islands. Galapagos Research 67: 21-25.
- Abedrabbo, S. (1991) Nueva Avispa Introducida en las Islas. Carta Informativa 31: 4.
- Helsen, P. Verdyck, P., Tye, A., Van Dongen, S. (2008) Low levels of genetic differentiation between Opuntia echios varieties on Santa Cruz (Galápagos) Springer-Verlag. 2009
- Jaramillo, P. Atkinson, R. (2010) Evaluating Genetic Diversity for the Conservation of the Threatened Galápagos Endemic Calandrina galapagosa (Portulacaceae) Biotropica. The journal, of Tropical, Biology and Conservation
- McMullen, C.K. (2010) Nocturnal and diurnal pollination of Clerodendrum molle (Verbenaceae) in the Galápagos Islands Plant Syst Evol (2011) 292:15-23
- McMullen, C.K. (2011) Pollination of the heterostylos Galápagos native, Cordia lutea (Boraginaceae) Plant Syst Evol (2012) 298:569-579
- McMullen, C.K. (1987) Biologia reproductiva de las Angiospermas de las Islas Galapágos. Pg. 39 - 52. Memorias: Taller sobre investigación Botànica y manejo en galapágos.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Xylocopa darwini", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7065. Accessed 27 July 2024.