Eastern Carpenter Bee Female Xylocopa virginica on Salvia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Apidae Subfamily: Xylocopinae Genus: Xylocopa Subgenus: (Xylocopoides) Species: X. virginica Binomial name Xylocopa virginica Linnaeus, 1771 Subspecies X. v. krombeini X. v. texana X. v. virginica