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Subgenus Neoxylocopa

Carpenter Bee / male - Xylocopa sonorina - male Valley Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa sonorina - female Xylocopa californica? - Xylocopa sonorina Western Carpenter Bee? - Xylocopa griswoldi - male Tan, glassy wings, 6 legs, maroon 'triangle', green eyeballs, yellow patch between eyeballs, hairy all over - Xylocopa sonorina - male Xylocopa californica, female? - Xylocopa sonorina Xylocopa californica arizonensis? - Xylocopa sonorina Large Bee From Pinellas County Florida, United States - Xylocopa
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
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 50 spp. total(1)
Range
essentially a neotropical group, with a couple of spp. restricted to Pacific islands; in our area, one sp. widely western (to sw. BC), another only along the Mexican border (TX-AZ)(1)