Xylocopinae

Xylocopinae
Temporal range: 45–Present Ma
Xylocopa sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Xylocopinae
Latreille, 1802
Tribes

Allodapini - allodapine bees
†Boreallodapini
Ceratinini - small carpenter bees
Manueliini
Xylocopini - carpenter bees

Ceratina sp.

The subfamily Xylocopinae (family Apidae) occurs worldwide, and includes the large carpenter bees (tribe Xylocopini), the small carpenter bees (tribe Ceratinini), the allodapine bees (tribe Allodapini), and the relictual genus Manuelia (tribe Manueliini).[1]

  1. ^ C. D. Michener (2007) The Bees of the World, 2nd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press.