Xylocopa africana
{{Short description|Species of bee}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Xylocopa africana
| image = Apidae - Xylocopa africana-001.JPG
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Xylocopa africana from the Republic of the Congo, male and female
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Hymenoptera
| subordo = Apocrita
| superfamilia = Apoidea
| familia = Apidae
| subfamilia = Xylocopinae
| tribus = Xylocopini
| genus = Xylocopa
| species = Xylocopa africana
| species_authority = (Fabricius, 1781)
| synonyms =
- Apis africana Fabricius, 1781
- Bombus africanus (Fabricius)
- Bremus africanus (Fabricius)
- Koptortosoma africana (Fabricius)
- Mesotrichia africana (Fabricius)
}}
Xylocopa africana is a species of carpenter bee.[http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/xylocopa+africana/match/1 Catalogue of life]
Subspecies
- X. a. africana (Fabricius, 1781)
- X. a. congoensis Enderlein, 1903
- X. a. conradti Enderlein, 1903
- X. a. longjinensis Strand, 1911
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.[http://www.zoologie.umh.ac.be/hymenoptera/page.asp?id=84 Atlas Hymenoptera] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221131335/http://www.zoologie.umh.ac.be/hymenoptera/page.asp?id=84 |date=February 21, 2015 }}
References
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- 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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Category:Hymenoptera of Africa
Category:Insects of Equatorial Guinea
Category:Insects of West Africa
Category:Insects of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category:Insects of the Republic of the Congo
Category:Insects described in 1781
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