Biology:Xylocopa combusta
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Short description: Species of bee
Xylocopa combusta | |
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Xylocopa combusta from Bioko Island | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Apidae |
Genus: | Xylocopa |
Species: | X. combusta
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Binomial name | |
Xylocopa combusta Smith, 1854
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Xylocopa combusta is a species of carpenter bee.[2]
Description
Xylocopa combusta has a black body with black hair on the head and the thorax. Bristles on the pygidial area are reddish.[3]
Distribution
This species can be found in Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Angola.[1]
References
- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q2512693 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylocopa combusta.
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