Xylocopa combusta

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Xylocopa combusta
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Xylocopa combusta from Bioko Island
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Xylocopa
Species:
X. combusta
Binomial name
Xylocopa combusta
Smith, 1854
Synonyms[1]
  • Xylocopa taczanovskii Radoszkowsky 1876

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

Description

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Xylocopa combusta has a black body with black hair on the head and the thorax. Bristles on the pygidial area are reddish.[3]

Distribution

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This species can be found in Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Angola.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Atlas Hymenoptera Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Biolib
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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
  • B. Bonelli, “Osservazioni etoecologiche sugli Imenotteri aculeati dell'Etiopia. VII Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) combusta Smith (Hymenoptera Anthophoridae),” Bollettino dell'Istituto di Entomologia della Universita degli Studi di Bologna, vol. 33, pp. 1–31, 1976.

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