Xylocopa africana (Fabricius 1781)

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

• 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