First Reported Case of Fatal Stinging by the Large Carpenter Bee Xylocopa tranquebarica Senanayake A.M. Kularatne, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FRCP (Lond), Sathasivam.

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First Reported Case of Fatal Stinging by the Large Carpenter Bee Xylocopa tranquebarica Senanayake A.M. Kularatne, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FRCP (Lond), Sathasivam Raveendran, MBBS, Jayanthi Edirisinghe, PhD, Inoka Karunaratne, PhD, Kosala Weerakoon, MBBS, MPhil Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 262-265 (June 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2015.12.018 Copyright © 2016 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Dead tree trunk with nest entrance holes from where the killer bee, Xylocopa tranquebarica, emerged. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2016 27, 262-265DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2015.12.018) Copyright © 2016 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Female Xylocopa tranquebarica collected from the nest site in Puttalam. Inset, Tip of the abdomen showing the stinger (length of the body, 25 mm). Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2016 27, 262-265DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2015.12.018) Copyright © 2016 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 The offending Xylocopa tranquebarica. Note the partly broken stinging apparatus at the posterior end of the abdomen (length of the body, 27 mm). Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2016 27, 262-265DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2015.12.018) Copyright © 2016 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions