This article is about large carpenter bees. For small bees sometimes called "small carpenter bees", see Ceratina.
Carpenter bees
Foraging female X. micans and sounds emitted from a nest of X. pubescens
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Apidae
Subfamily:
Xylocopinae
Tribe:
Xylocopini
Genus:
Xylocopa Latreille, 1802
Type species
Xylocopa violacea
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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Carpenter bees are species in the genus Xylocopa of the subfamily Xylocopinae. The genus includes some 500 bees in 31 subgenera.[1] The common name "carpenter bee" derives from their nesting behavior; nearly all species burrow into hard plant material such as dead wood or bamboo. The main exceptions are species in the subgenus Proxylocopa, which dig nesting tunnels in suitable soil.
^Minckley, R. L. (1998). "A cladistic analysis and classification of the subgenera and genera of the large carpenter bees, tribe Xylocopini (Hymenoptera: Apidae)". Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas. 9: 1–47. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.16168. hdl:1808/25427.
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