Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Suborder Apocrita Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Hymenoptera Superfamily Apoidea | |
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Similar Xylocopa nasalis, Xylocopa africana, Xylocopa aerata, Xylocopa inconstans | ||
Xylocopa darwini, the Galápagos carpenter bee, is the only native species of bee found in the Galápagos Islands, to which it is endemic. The female is all black, whereas the male has a black abdomen and is yellow-brown elsewhere.
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