Xylocopa inconstans
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| Xylocopa inconstans from Eritrea. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Apoidea |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Subfamily: | Xylocopinae |
| Tribe: | Xylocopini |
| Genus: | Xylocopa |
| Species: | X. inconstans Smith, 1874 |
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| Xylocopa inconstans | |
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Xylocopa inconstans is a species of carpenter bee. [2]
Description
Xylocopa inconstans can reach a length of about 20–26 millimetres (0.79–1.02 in). Scutellum has a right angle. The back side of the mesosoma and the first tergite show a white pubescence. [3]
Distribution
This species can be found in Senegal, Burkina-Faso, Togo, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia]], Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa.[1]
References
- 1 2 Atlas Hymenoptera Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ Biodiversity of Burundi
- 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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