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Subgenus Neoxylocopa

Male Valley Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa sonorina - male Unknown Apidae - Xylocopa sonorina Male Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa sonorina - male Large fuzzy saffron-colored bee - Xylocopa griswoldi - male Xylocopa mexicanorum - Xylocopa griswoldi - female Large Bee From Pinellas County Florida, United States - Xylocopa X. sonorina? - Xylocopa sonorina Valley Carpenter Bee? - Xylocopa sonorina - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
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 Neoxylocopa
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 50 spp. total(1)
Range
essentially a neotropical group, with a couple of spp. restricted to Pacific islands; in our area, one sp. widely western (to sw. BC), another only along the Mexican border (TX-AZ)(1)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by v belov on 13 November, 2011 - 1:30am
Last updated 23 November, 2011 - 11:35am

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