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Xylocopa ruficornis in languages:

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Yellow-headed Carpenter

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Parent Taxon

• Xylocopa

Sibling Taxa

• Xylocopa adumbrata
• Xylocopa adusta
• Xylocopa aestuans
• Xylocopa amauroptera
• Xylocopa aruana
• Xylocopa bakeriana
• Xylocopa balteata
• Xylocopa bilineata
• Xylocopa bluethgeni
• Xylocopa bombiformis
• Xylocopa bryorum
• Xylocopa buruana
• Xylocopa canaria
• Xylocopa ceballosi
• Xylocopa chlorina
• Xylocopa cockerelli
• Xylocopa coronata
• Xylocopa cuernosensis
• Xylocopa dalbertisi
• Xylocopa dapitanensis
• Xylocopa disconota
• Xylocopa diversipes
• Xylocopa erythrotricha
• Xylocopa euchlora
• Xylocopa flavonigrescens
• Xylocopa forbesii
• Xylocopa ghilianii
• Xylocopa gressitti
• Xylocopa grubaueri
• Xylocopa guigliae
• Xylocopa hafizii
• Xylocopa javana
• Xylocopa karnyi
• Xylocopa kuehni
• Xylocopa leucocephala
• Xylocopa levequeae
• Xylocopa lieftincki
• Xylocopa lombokensis
• Xylocopa lucbanensis
• Xylocopa lundqvisti
• Xylocopa maesoi
• Xylocopa maior
• Xylocopa minor
• Xylocopa mohnikei
• Xylocopa morotaiana
• Xylocopa nigrescens
• Xylocopa nigroclypeata
• Xylocopa nobilis
• Xylocopa occipitalis
• Xylocopa ocularis
• Xylocopa parvula
• Xylocopa perkinsi
• Xylocopa philippinensis
• Xylocopa plagioxantha
• Xylocopa provida
• Xylocopa ruficeps
• Xylocopa ruficornis
• Xylocopa rutilans
• Xylocopa samarensis
• Xylocopa sarawatica
• Xylocopa subvolatilis
• Xylocopa sulcifrons
• Xylocopa tambelanensis
• Xylocopa trifasciata
• Xylocopa tumorifera
• Xylocopa unicolor
• Xylocopa vachali
• Xylocopa velutina
• Xylocopa waterhousei

Top Observation Places

• Kalamassery
• Thiruvananthapuram
• Bengaluru