Xylocopa olivacea
Species of bee
Xylocopa olivacea | |
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Xylocopa olivacea from Guinea-Bissau | |
Scientific 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] | |
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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
- ^ a b c Atlas Hymenoptera Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Biolib
Further reading
- 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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