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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Carpenter Bees (Xylocopinae) » Large Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa) » California Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa californica)

Species Xylocopa californica - California 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 californica - California Carpenter Bee

Subspecies arizonensis - Arizona Carpenter Bee
Subspecies diamesa - Xylocopa californica diamesa

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