Xenobee

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Xenobee
(Oligoxenoapis cephalopistha)
Main image of Xenobee
Species is extinct.
19/125, Loss of Food due to Ice Comet Impact Event
Information
CreatorGiant Blue Anteater Other
Week/Generation15/102
HabitatFlisch-Krakow Rainforest
Size7 cm Wingspan
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportExoskeleton (Chitin)
DietNectarivore (Joint-Winged Treeworm)
RespirationSemi-Active (Unidirectional Tracheae)
ThermoregulationHeterotherm (Basking, Muscle-Generated Heat)
ReproductionHermaphrodite (eggs)
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Subclass
Order
Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Symbiovermes
Thoracocephalia
Optidorsalia
Polyptera
Cataleipoptera
Membranopennes
Xenoapoidea
Oligoxenoapidae
Oligoxenoapis
Oligoxenoapis cephalopistha
Ancestor:Descendants:

The xenobee has split from the bumbleworm. Because the cave palmworm died out, and there is also the joint-winged treeworm to feed from, they moved from the caves into the open rainforest. Xenobees build hives just like their ancestors, but they can be built on any flora, not just the joint-winged treeworm.

In physical changes, the mouth can bend when sucking nectar, giving it the advantage of not having to fly in the opposite direction. The cloaca now has lip-like appendages. When copulating, they cloacally kiss each other to pass reproductive material.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)
  • Sky Bloodbee (superfamily Xenoapoidea)
  • Snowsculptor Janit (order Cataleipoptera)
  • Cleaner Borvermid (subclass Polyptera)