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Subfamily Xylocopinae - Carpenter Bees

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Xylocopinae (Carpenter Bees)
Range
Discover Life Global Map for genera occurring in North America
Remarks
Many carperter bees and their relatives (Xylocopinae) are primitively eusocial (1)
Print References
(2)
Works Cited
1.The Bees of the World, 2nd edition
By Charles D. Michener
2.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, anitagould, Mike Quinn, John S. Ascher
Last updated 30 November, 2008 - 8:28pm

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