Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata

Metallic Green Carpenter Bee, Golden-Green Carpenter Bee at Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

Xylocopa aeratus 6 May 2021 michael.batley
Xylocopa aeratus 6 May 2021 KimPullen
Xylocopa lestis 1 Jun 2019 michael.batley
Xylocopa lestis 31 May 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Unverified 21 Mar 2019 JohnBundock

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Dead insect

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KimPullen wrote:
   27 Jan 2020
I think this is Xylocopa aerata, of which there are several sightings on CNM. There is no species called "Xylocopa lestis", but Lestis is a subgenus of Xylocopa, and the one that Xylocopa aerata is classified in. Thus Xylocopa aerata can also be referred to as "Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata".

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