Xylocopa tabaniformis
# Xylocopa tabaniformis

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 12–18 millimetres (15⁄32–23⁄32 in) long and black. Males have yellow hair on the thorax.

## Subspecies

These 10 subspecies belong to the species Xylocopa tabaniformis:

* Xylocopa tabaniformis androleuca Michener, 1940
* Xylocopa tabaniformis azteca Cresson, 1878
* Xylocopa tabaniformis illota Cockerell, 1919
* Xylocopa tabaniformis melanosoma O'Brien & Hurd, 1963
* Xylocopa tabaniformis melanura Cockerell, 1918
* Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex Smith, 1874
* Xylocopa tabaniformis pallidiventris O'Brien & Hurd, 1965
* Xylocopa tabaniformis parkinsoniae Cockerell, 1917
* Xylocopa tabaniformis sylvicola O'Brien & Hurd, 1965
* Xylocopa tabaniformis tabaniformis Smith, 1854
