Xylocopa inconstans

Xylocopa inconstans
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
Binomial name
Xylocopa inconstans
Synonyms
  • Xylocopa abyssinica Radoszkowski 1876
  • Xylocopa inconstans var. flavescens Vachal 1899.

[1]

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


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