ANIMALS – INSECTS – BEES – YELLOW MANGANGÁ (XYLOCOPA AUGUSTI)

Animals - Insects - Bees

Yellow Mangangá (Xylocopa augusti)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order : Hymenoptera
Suborder : Apócrita
Superfamily : Apoidea
Family : Apidae
Subfamily :Xylocopinae
Tribe : Xylocopini
Genus :Xylocopa
Species : X. Augusti

Description:

The Yellow Mangangá(Xylocopa augusti) is a species of carpenter bee, genus Xylocopa, that can reach a length of about 25–30 millimetres (0.98–1.18 in). These large and robust carpenter bees show a black body integument with conspicuous lateral ferruginous setae. Wings are dark brown with violet iridescence. Males are tawny, with two tufts of setae on the ventral surface of the metatibia. They can be encountered from December to March. They nest in wood and tree trunks.

They are commonly associated to flowers of Passiflora species, but also of Agapanthus praecox, Alstroemeria pulchra, Cleome spinosa, Parkinsonia aculeatam, Quillaja saponaria, Robinia pseudoacacia, Solanum crispum, Styphnolobium japonicum, Eucalyptus sp. and Amaryllis sp.

This species can be found in Argentina, Chile, Brasil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Binomial Name:

Name : Xylocopa augusti
Taxonomist : Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau (Paris - France)
Year : 1841
Subspecies : None or not data available
Synonyms : Xylocopa ferruginea, Xylocopa augusti pterochloris, Xylocopa guaranitica Brèthes

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status : Not Evaluated, or not data available

Philatelic Issues

2015 - Uruguay - Stamp 4 of 4, from Spring Series

Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: August 31st, 2012
Printed: 15.000 Copies
Type: Stamp from Series of 4 Stamps
Value: UYP 12

Stamp: Rectangular
Size: 39 mm. x 27 mm.
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated