Xylocopa africana is a species of carpenter bee.[2]
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| Species: | Xylocopa africana (Fabricius, 1781)
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Subspecies edit
- X. a. africana (Fabricius, 1781)
- X. a. congoensis Enderlein, 1903
- X. a. conradti Enderlein, 1903
- X. a. longjinensis Strand, 1911
Description edit
In males, the thorax and the first abdominal segment are golden yellow, while in females they are brown. The abdomen is mainly dark brown or blackish.
Distribution edit
This species can be found in Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Uganda and Angola.[4]
References edit
- ^ GBIF Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Catalogue of life
- ^ ITIS Archived 2010-01-18 at WebCite
- ^ Atlas Hymenoptera Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- Eardley, C. D. (1987) Catalogue of Apoidea (Hymenoptera) in Africa south of the Sahara, Part 1, The genus Xylocopa Latreille (Anthophoridae), Entomology Memoir, No. 70