Biology:Xylocopa olivacea

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Short description: Species of bee

Xylocopa olivacea
Apidae - Xylocopa olivacea.JPG
Xylocopa olivacea from Guinea-Bissau
Scientific classification edit
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

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

Wikidata ☰ Q2011006 entry