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
Suborder:	Apocrita
Superfamily:	Apoidea
Family:	Apidae
Subfamily:	Xylocopinae
Tribe:	Xylocopini
Genus:	Xylocopa
Species:	Xylocopa africana; (Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
	Apis africana Fabricius, 1781; Bombus africanus (Fabricius); Bremus africanus (Fabricius); Koptortosoma africana (Fabricius); Mesotrichia africana (Fabricius); [1]

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

Subspecies

X. a. africana (Fabricius, 1781)
X. a. congoensis Enderlein, 1903
X. a. conradti Enderlein, 1903
X. a. 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

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

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[1] GBIF Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Catalogue of life

[3] ITIS Archived 2010-01-18 at WebCite

[4] Atlas Hymenoptera Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine