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 
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| 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.