Biology:Megachile xylocopoides
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Short description: Species of leafcutter bee (Megachile)
Megachile xylocopoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Megachilidae |
Genus: | Megachile |
Species: | M. xylocopoides
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Binomial name | |
Megachile xylocopoides Smith, 1853
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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
External links
- http://www.buzzaboutbees.net/Carpenter-Mimic-Leafcutter-Bee.html
- http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Megachile+xylocopoides&flags=subgenus:
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/323780-Megachile-xylocopoides
Wikidata ☰ Q2694783 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megachile xylocopoides.
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