Xylocopa africana

Xylocopa africana
Xylocopa africana from the Republic of the Congo, male and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Xylocopa
Species:	X. africana
Binomial name
Xylocopa africana (Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms [1]
Apis africana Fabricius, 1781 Bombus africanus (Fabricius, 1781) Bremus africanus (Fabricius, 1781) Koptortosoma africana (Fabricius, 1781) Mesotrichia africana (Fabricius, 1781)

Xylocopa africana is a species of carpenter bee. ^[2]

Subspecies

• Xylocopa africana africana (Fabricius, 1781)
• Xylocopa africana congoensis Enderlein, 1903
• Xylocopa africana conradti Enderlein, 1903
• Xylocopa africana longjinensis Strand, 1911

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Description

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

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

1. GBIF Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
2. Catalogue of life
3. ITIS Archived 2010-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
4. 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