Carpenter bees | |
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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 | |
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.
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