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]
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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Its range is the United States from eastern Texas to southeast Pennsylvania.
References
edit- ^ a b "Megachile". BioLib. 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.