Xylocopa
Also known as Large carpenter bees, Large Carpenter Bees
genus of insects
Species
Eastern Carpenter Bee
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyApidae
Observations123,426
クマバチ（熊蜂、学名: Xylocopa）は、ミツバチ科クマバチ属に属する昆虫の総称。概して大型のハナバチであり、これまで、約500種が記載されている。方言によっては、連濁に伴う入り渡り鼻音を挟んでクマンバチとも呼ばれる。 北海道から九州にかけて広く分布するクマバチ（別名キムネクマバチ、Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans (Smith, 1873)) を指すことが多い。
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Carpenter bees are species in the genus Xylocopa of the subfamily Xylocopinae. The genus includes some 500 bees in 31 subgenera. The common name "carpenter bee" derives from their nesting behavior; nearly all species burrow into hard plant material such as dead wood or bamboo. The main exceptions are species in the subgenus Proxylocopa, which dig nesting tunnels in suitable soil.
Linnaeus named the type species Apis violacea 'violet bee' in the Systema Naturae, and Latreille described the genus Xylocopa, romanized Ancient Greek: ξυλοκόπος, lit. 'wood-cutter', in his Natural history, general and particular of the crustaceans and insects, to which the type species was reassigned.