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Xylocopa olivacea

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Xylocopa olivacea
Xylocopa olivacea from Guinea-Bissau
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Xylocopa
Species:
X. olivacea
Binomial name
Xylocopa olivacea
(Fabricius 1778)
Synonyms[1]
  • Xylocopa olivacea var. calens f. atripyga Strand 1911

Xylocopa olivacea is a species of carpenter bee.[2] It has a completely yellow thorax and a yellow band on the first tergite. This species is very similar to X. calens, endemic to Madagascar. X. calens just differs in the length of the hair on the metasoma.[1]

This species can be found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Angola, and South Africa.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Atlas Hymenoptera Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Biolib

Further reading

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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