Megachile xylocopoides

Female Megachile xylocopoides at rest

Megachile xylocopoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Megachile
Species: M. xylocopoides
Binomial name
Megachile xylocopoides
Smith, 1853

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]

http://www.buzzaboutbees.net/Carpenter-Mimic-Leafcutter-Bee.html

http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Megachile+xylocopoides&flags=subgenus:

References

  1. 1 2 "Megachile". BioLib. 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
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