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Species Xylocopa virginica - Eastern Carpenter Bee

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

Genus Xylocopa - Large Carpenter Bees

Species virginica - Eastern Carpenter Bee

Subspecies krombeini - Xylocopa virginica krombeini
Subspecies texana - Xylocopa virginica texana
Subspecies virginica - Xylocopa virginica virginica

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