Xylocopa tenuiscapa
Species of bee
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Xylocopa tenuiscapa is a species of carpenter bee found only in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries.
| Xylocopa tenuiscapa | |
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| Xylocopa tenuiscapa (male, top) as depicted in Jardine's The Naturalist's Library | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Xylocopa |
| Subgenus: | Platynopoda |
| Species: | X. tenuiscapa |
| Binomial name | |
| Xylocopa tenuiscapa Westwood, 1840 | |
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Like most bees, X. tenuiscapa has a diurnal activity cycle, but in the Western Ghats of Southern India, the species flies in moonlit nights[2][3] and has been observed as pollinator of nocturnally flowering trees.[4] Males of the species perch on exposed sites close to nests or in the landscape waiting for occasions to mate.[5]