Megachile xylocopoides
| Megachile xylocopoides | |
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| Female Megachile xylocopoides at rest | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Euarthropoda |
| 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]
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- 1 2 "Megachile". BioLib. 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
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