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Subgenus Schonnherria

Southern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa micans green eyed bee with bluish abdomen on Senecio obovatus - Xylocopa micans - male Southern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa micans - male Xylocopa micans? - Xylocopa micans - male Xylocopa - Xylocopa micans Carpenter bee? - Xylocopa micans Bee with Yellow Eyes and Blueish Body - Xylocopa micans - male Carpenter Bee? - Xylocopa micans
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 Schonnherria
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 29 spp. total(1)
Range
neotropical group, most diverse in S. America; in our area, 1 sp. widely southeastern (to VA & w. TX), with a record in so. CA, another in so. AZ (map)(1)