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. It is long and black. Males have yellow hair on the thorax.
Subspecies
These 10 subspecies belong to the species Xylocopa tabaniformis:
- Xylocopa tabaniformis androleuca <small>Michener, 1940</small>
- Xylocopa tabaniformis azteca <small>Cresson, 1878</small>
- Xylocopa tabaniformis illota <small>Cockerell, 1919</small>
- Xylocopa tabaniformis melanosoma <small>O'Brien & Hurd, 1963</small>
- Xylocopa tabaniformis melanura <small>Cockerell, 1918</small>
- Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex <small>Smith, 1874</small>
- Xylocopa tabaniformis pallidiventris <small>O'Brien & Hurd, 1965</small>
- Xylocopa tabaniformis parkinsoniae <small>Cockerell, 1917</small>
- Xylocopa tabaniformis sylvicola <small>O'Brien & Hurd, 1965</small>
- Xylocopa tabaniformis tabaniformis <small>Smith, 1854</small>
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