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title: "Horse-fly Carpenter Bee"
description: "Xylocopa tabaniformis — Insecten en spinnen. Xylocopa tabaniformis, the horsefly-like carpenter bee or mountain carpenter bee is a species of carpenter bee in the family Apidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/horse-fly-carpenter-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Horse-fly Carpenter Bee

> Xylocopa tabaniformis — Insecten en spinnen. Xylocopa tabaniformis, the horsefly-like carpenter bee or mountain carpenter bee is a species of carpenter bee in the family Apidae.

- Scientific name: *Xylocopa tabaniformis*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 16519
- Wikidata: [Q10835229](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10835229)
- iNaturalist taxon: [57686](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/57686)

## Names

- en: Horse-fly Carpenter Bee
- es: Abejorro carpintero

## Countries with the most observations

US (11651), MX (1996), GT (14), CR (8)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylocopa_tabaniformis

## Photo

![Horse-fly Carpenter Bee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/horse-fly-carpenter-bee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jill DeVito, PhD · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/23654041

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/horse-fly-carpenter-bee?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).