Xylocopa tabaniformis
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| Xylocopa tabaniformis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Xylocopa |
| Species: | X. tabaniformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Xylocopa tabaniformis Smith, 1854 | |
Xylocopa tabaniformis, the horsefly-like carpenter bee or mountain carpenter bee is a species of carpenter bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3] It is 12–18 millimetres (15⁄32–23⁄32 in) long and black. Males have yellow hair on the thorax.[4]
These 10 subspecies belong to the species Xylocopa tabaniformis:
- Xylocopa tabaniformis androleuca Michener, 1940
- Xylocopa tabaniformis azteca Cresson, 1878
- Xylocopa tabaniformis illota Cockerell, 1919
- Xylocopa tabaniformis melanosoma O'Brien & Hurd, 1963
- Xylocopa tabaniformis melanura Cockerell, 1918
- Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex Smith, 1874
- Xylocopa tabaniformis pallidiventris O'Brien & Hurd, 1965
- Xylocopa tabaniformis parkinsoniae Cockerell, 1917
- Xylocopa tabaniformis sylvicola O'Brien & Hurd, 1965
- Xylocopa tabaniformis tabaniformis Smith, 1854
