Apidae
Xylocopa sonorina Smith, 1874
Xylocopa sonorina Smith, 1874
Xylocopa sonorina is a large carpenter bee native to the southwestern US and Mexico, introduced to Hawaii.
Xylocopa augusti Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa augusti Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa augusti is a large species of carpenter bee found in several countries across South America.
Xylocopa frontalis (Olivier, 1789)
Xylocopa frontalis (Olivier, 1789)
Xylocopa frontalis is a solitary carpenter bee that is an important pollinator for large flowering plants and the tropical crop Passiflora edulis.
Xylocopa appendiculata Smith, 1852
Xylocopa appendiculata Smith, 1852
Xylocopa appendiculata is a carpenter bee native to eastern Asia, first recorded in the US in 2013.
Xylocopa fenestrata (Fabricius, 1798)
Xylocopa fenestrata (Fabricius, 1798)
Xylocopa fenestrata is a widely distributed carpenter bee that is a timber pest and a valuable pollinator.
Xylocopa sulcatipes Maa, 1970
Xylocopa sulcatipes Maa, 1970
Xylocopa sulcatipes Maa, 1970 is a large Arabian carpenter bee with distinct physical traits and recorded distribution across West Asia and Northeast Africa.
Xylocopa bombylans (Fabricius, 1775)
Xylocopa bombylans (Fabricius, 1775)
Xylocopa bombylans, the peacock carpenter bee, is a carpenter bee species native to Australia that burrows into wood.
Xylocopa aeratus (Smith, 1851)
Xylocopa aeratus (Smith, 1851)
Xylocopa aeratus, the golden-green carpenter bee, is a large metallic Australian bee with limited remaining populations.
Xylocopa pubescens Spinola, 1838
Xylocopa pubescens Spinola, 1838
Xylocopa pubescens Spinola, 1838 is a sexually dimorphic bee species found in warm areas from Cape Verde to South Asia, recently expanding into southern Europe.
Xylocopa caffra (Linnaeus, 1767)
Xylocopa caffra (Linnaeus, 1767)
Xylocopa caffra is a carpenter bee with sexually dimorphic coloration found across Africa and western Indian Ocean islands.
Xylocopa tabaniformis Smith, 1854
Xylocopa tabaniformis Smith, 1854
Xylocopa tabaniformis is a black carpenter bee species found across the Americas, with males having yellow thoracic hair.
Xylocopa tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1804)
Xylocopa tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1804)
Xylocopa tranquebarica is a nocturnal carpenter bee species found only in South and Southeast Asia.
Xylocopa latipes (Drury, 1773)
Xylocopa latipes (Drury, 1773)
Xylocopa latipes, the broad-handed carpenter bee, is a large solitary Southeast Asian carpenter bee that pollinates passion fruit.
Xylocopa tenuiscapa Westwood, 1840
Xylocopa tenuiscapa Westwood, 1840
Xylocopa tenuiscapa, the slender-scaped carpenter bee, is a South and Southeast Asian carpenter bee that can be active at night and pollinate nocturnally flowering trees.
Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa micans is a large metallic carpenter bee found from the southeastern US down to Guatemala that nests in excavated wood.
Xylocopa strandi Dusmet y Alonso, 1924
Xylocopa strandi Dusmet y Alonso, 1924
Xylocopa strandi is a carpenter bee species in Apidae found in Central and North America.
Xylocopa inconstans Smith, 1874
Xylocopa inconstans Smith, 1874
Xylocopa inconstans is a large carpenter bee species found across many regions of Africa.
Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Xylocopa violacea, the violet carpenter bee, is a solitary bee with a range extending from Europe east to central China.
Xylocopa valga Gerstäcker, 1872
Xylocopa valga Gerstäcker, 1872
Xylocopa valga is a large solitary purple-tinted bee that nests in wood, inhabiting both forests and urban areas.
Xylocopa virginica (Linnaeus, 1771)
Xylocopa virginica (Linnaeus, 1771)
Xylocopa virginica, the eastern carpenter bee, is a North American bee with one annual generation and unique nectar-collecting morphology.
Xylocopa californica Cresson, 1864
Xylocopa californica Cresson, 1864
Xylocopa californica, the California carpenter bee, is a black North American desert endothermic bee that is a beneficial native plant pollinator.
Xylocopa capitata Smith, 1854
Xylocopa capitata Smith, 1854
Xylocopa capitata is a large carpenter bee species from the Apidae family found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Xylocopa dejeanii Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa dejeanii Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa dejeanii is a widely distributed Asian species of carpenter bee.
Xylocopa caerulea (Fabricius, 1804)
Xylocopa caerulea (Fabricius, 1804)
Xylocopa caerulea is a large, sexually dimorphic bee species found across parts of South and East Asia.
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