Published December 31, 1758 | Version v1
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Apis violacea Linnaeus, 1758, spec. nov.

Description

Apis violacea [spec. nov.]

A. hirsuta atra, alis caerulescentibus.

Pet. gaz. t. 12. f. 5. Bombylius lusitanicus e nigro caerulescens.

Reaum. ins. 6. t. 5. f. 1, 2.

Habitat in Truncis exsiccatis Europae australis, quos perforat, longitudinaliter excavat, ibique plures nidos a fundo incipiens polline herbarum melle mixto replet & unicuique ovum concredit. Nidi distingvuntur 4 l. 5 annulis ligneis. Nymphae caput deorsum spectat ut in fundo exitum quaerat Apis perfecta.

Notes

Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on page 578, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542, http://zenodo.org/record/3922206

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Biodiversity

Family
Apidae
Genus
Apis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
violacea
Taxonomic status
spec. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Apis violacea Linnaeus, 1758