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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) » Arizona Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa californica arizonensis)

Subspecies Xylocopa californica arizonensis - Arizona Carpenter Bee

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7009829 Carpenter bee - Xylocopa californica - female 7008196 Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa californica - male Bee - Xylocopa californica - female Mining Bee? Andrena cerasifolii? - Xylocopa californica Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa californica - male Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa californica Arizona Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa californica - female Arizona Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa californica - female
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)
Genus Xylocopa (Large Carpenter Bees)
Species californica (California Carpenter Bee)
Subspecies arizonensis (Arizona Carpenter Bee)
Range
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Internet References
Discover Life - Apidae: Xylocopa californica (Cresson, 1864)
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 28 September, 2006 - 10:12pm
Additional contributions by Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 5 December, 2007 - 10:25pm

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