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Species Xylocopa tabaniformis - Horse-fly Carpenter Bee

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Subphylum Hexapoda - Hexapods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies
No Taxon Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps
No Taxon Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees
Family Apidae - Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees
Subfamily Xylocopinae - Carpenter and Small carpenter Bees
Genus Xylocopa - Large Carpenter Bees
No Taxon Subgenus Notoxylocopa
Species tabaniformis - Horse-fly Carpenter Bee

Subspecies orpifex - Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex
Subspecies androleuca - Xylocopa tabaniformis androleuca
Subspecies parkinsoniae - Xylocopa tabaniformis parkinsoniae