Biology:Megachile xylocopoides
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Short description: Species of leafcutter bee (Megachile)
| Megachile xylocopoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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