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Subgenus Alloxylocopa

Xylocopa appendiculata Smith - Xylocopa appendiculata - female

Xylocopa appendiculata Smith - Xylocopa appendiculata - male

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 Alloxylocopa

Range

Native to eastern Asia ("Japan and China south to Sumatra"(1))

Works Cited

1.	The Bees of the World, 2nd edition Charles D. Michener. 2007. The Johns Hopkins University Press.

Contributed by John S. Ascher on 27 August, 2014 - 10:11am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 16 June, 2017 - 4:41pm

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