Xylocopa tabaniformis

Xylocopa tabaniformis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Xylocopa
Species:	X. tabaniformis
Binomial name
Xylocopa tabaniformis Smith, 1854

Xylocopa tabaniformis, the horsefly-like carpenter bee or mountain carpenter bee is a species of carpenter bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is 12–18 millimetres (15⁄32–23⁄32 in) long and black. Males have yellow hair on the thorax. ^[4]

Horsefly-like carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis

Mountain carpenter bees on Lavandula. Including slow motion, to better show the bee and a white cabbage butterfly avoiding each other. Finally even slower speed closeup of the bee

Large eyed male mountain carpenter bee hovering

Subspecies

These 10 subspecies belong to the species Xylocopa tabaniformis:

• Xylocopa tabaniformis androleucaMichener, 1940
• Xylocopa tabaniformis aztecaCresson, 1878
• Xylocopa tabaniformis illotaCockerell, 1919
• Xylocopa tabaniformis melanosomaO'Brien & Hurd, 1963
• Xylocopa tabaniformis melanuraCockerell, 1918
• Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifexSmith, 1874
• Xylocopa tabaniformis pallidiventrisO'Brien & Hurd, 1965
• Xylocopa tabaniformis parkinsoniaeCockerell, 1917
• Xylocopa tabaniformis sylvicolaO'Brien & Hurd, 1965
• Xylocopa tabaniformis tabaniformisSmith, 1854

References

1. "Xylocopa tabaniformis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Xylocopa tabaniformis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Xylocopa tabaniformis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 476. ISBN   9780520288744.

Further reading

• Eardley, C. D. (1987). Catalogue of Apoidea (Hymenoptera) in Africa south of the Sahara, Part 1, The genus Xylocopa Latreille (Anthophoridae). Entomology Memoir. Vol. 70. South Africa Department of Agriculture and Water Supply. pp. 1–20. ISBN   978-0-621-10777-7.
• Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2019). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.

External links

• Media related to Xylocopa tabaniformis at Wikimedia Commons