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Species Xylocopa griswoldi

Bee - Xylocopa griswoldi Mexican Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa griswoldi Xylocopa? - Xylocopa griswoldi Xylocopa? - Xylocopa griswoldi small black bee - Xylocopa griswoldi Is this a carpenter bee? - Xylocopa griswoldi Large carpenter bee - Xylocxopa mexicanorum? - Xylocopa griswoldi - female Mexican Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa mexicanorum)? - Xylocopa griswoldi - 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)
Species griswoldi (Xylocopa griswoldi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Recently described
Xylocopa mexicanorum sensu auct. [misidentification]
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of bee expert Terry Griswold
Identification
Can be identified with reference to wing color, shape of the scutellum, and distribution
Range
TX to Veracruz
Food
Recorded on Ehretia anacua. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.
Remarks
Confounded in many publications with X. mexicanorum
Print References
Mérida-Rivas, J.A. et al. 2022. Revision of carpenter bees of the subgenus Neoxylocopa Michener (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Mexico and Mesoamerica. Zootaxa, 5158(1): 1-67. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5158.1.1
Internet References