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Subfamily Xylocopinae - Carpenter and Small carpenter Bees

Large Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - male Eastern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - female Another Strange Xylocopa from Florida - Xylocopa micans - male Southern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa micans - female small bee - Ceratina cockerelli - male unknown hymenopteran - Ceratina - male Small carpenter bee - Ceratina - female Bee 8837 - Ceratina - 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)
Explanation of Names
Xylocopinae Latreille 1802
Numbers
33 spp. in 2 genera of 2 tribes in our area, >1000 spp. in 16 genera of 4 tribes total(1)
Range
worldwide; our tribes are both cosmopolitan, one tribe is palaeotropical, and another one (of 3 spp. only) is restricted to the Andean region(1)
Life Cycle
Many Xylocopinae are primitively eusocial(2)
Print References
(3)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
2.The Bees of the World, 2nd edition
Charles D. Michener. 2007. The Johns Hopkins University Press.
3.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn. 2004. Brooks Cole.