Megachile xylocopoides

Megachile xylocopoides
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Megachile
Species:
M. xylocopoides
Binomial name
Megachile xylocopoides
Smith, 1853

Megachile xylocopoides, the carpenter-mimic leafcutter bee, is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae.[1] It was described by Smith in 1853 and named for its superficial similarity to the carpenter bee genus Xylocopa[1]

Its range is the United States from eastern Texas to southeast Pennsylvania.

References

  1. ^ a b "Megachile". BioLib. 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
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