title: Xylocopa tabaniformis
text: # 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
  