Xylocopa africana
Xylocopa africana is a species of carpenter bee.[2]
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Xylocopa africana from the Republic of the Congo, male and female | |
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Species: | Xylocopa africana (Fabricius, 1781) |
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Subspecies
- X. a. africana (Fabricius, 1781)
- X. a. congoensis Enderlein, 1903
- X. a. conradti Enderlein, 1903
- X. a. longjinensis Strand, 1911
Description
In males, the thorax and the first abdominal segment are golden yellow, while in females they are brown. The abdomen is mainly dark brown or blackish.
Distribution
This species can be found in Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Angola.[4]
gollark: Technically uninitialized memory isn't 0 and undefined behavior bees.
gollark: Fun things?
gollark: ```c#define let int#define var char#include <stdlib.h>#include <string.h>#include <stdio.h>let main() { var *j = 0; for (let i = 0; i < 10000; i++) { j = malloc(i); strcpy(j, "bees"); free(j); } var* lyricLy_bad = malloc(3); printf("%s", j);}```
gollark: tio!debug
gollark: ```c#define let int#define var char#include <stdlib.h>#include <string.h>#include <stdio.h>let main() { var *j = 0; for (let i = 0; i < 10000; i++) { j = malloc(i); strcpy(j, "bees"); free(j); } var* lyricLy_bad = malloc(3); printf("%s", lyricLy_bad);}```
References
- GBIF Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- Catalogue of life
- ITIS Archived 2010-01-18 at WebCite
- Atlas Hymenoptera Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- 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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