概述
膜翅目木蜂科(Xylocopidae)昆蟲的通稱.中、大型蜂類,屬於蜜蜂總科.體粗壯,黑色或藍紫色具金屬光澤.胸部生有密毛,腹部背面通常光滑.觸角膝狀.單眼排成三角形.上唇部分露出,下唇舌長.足粗,後足脛節表面復蓋很密的刷狀毛;前、中足脛節有1距,後足有2距.翅狹長,常有虹彩.腹部無柄,雌蜂尾端有1粗短的刺藏於毛中.營獨居生活,常在乾燥的木材上蛀孔營巢,巢室為1列,由木屑、植物碎片等摻以唾液作成室壁.對木材、橋樑、建築、籬笆等為害很大.黃胸木蜂(Xylocopapendiculata),長24—26m。黑色.上顎有2齒.後足脛節基部外側具脛基板.胸部披黃毛;脛節、基節為黑毛.翅褐色,閃紫色光澤.雄蜂的額、唇基黃色,腹部5—6節背板為黑絨毛.在木或竹中築巢,采粉於苜蓿、荊條、向日葵等植物.幾乎遍布全國.Wood Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea (Xylocopidae) insects known. Medium and large bees, belong to Apoidea. Body of thick, black, or blue-purple with metallic sheen. Chest birth to dense hair on the back of the abdomen is usually smooth. Geniculate antennae. ocelli arranged in a triangle. upper lip partially exposed, under the tongue length. foot thick, covered the surface of hind tibia very dense brush-like hair; before, during and tibia with a distance, there are two from the hind foot. fin long and narrow, often Rainbow. abdomen sessile, females have a stumpy tail thorn hidden in Mauritania. battalion live by themselves, often in dry wood Wormhole nest, the nest room for one, from wood, plant fragments, etc. doped with saliva作成wall. For timber, bridges, buildings, fences and so much damage. Yellow-breasted wood wasps (Xylocopapendiculata), length 24-26m. Black. Palate has two teeth. Hind tibia with the base of the lateral tibial substrate. Chest Phi Rattus; tibia, the base section for the black hair. Fin brown, shiny purple flash. Drones forehead, lip base yellow, abdomen, 5 -- 6 back for the black hair. in the wood or bamboo in the nests, picking powder in alfalfa, negundo, sunflowers and other plants. virtually throughout the country.