Xylocopa inconstans is a species of carpenter bee.[2]

Xylocopa inconstans
X. inconstans female in the Kruger NP
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Xylocopa
Species:
X. inconstans
Binomial name
Xylocopa inconstans
Smith, 1874
Synonyms[1]
  • Xylocopa abyssinica Radoszkowski 1876
  • Xylocopa inconstans var. flavescens Vachal 1899.

Description

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A Xylocopa inconstans specimen from Eritrea

Xylocopa inconstans can reach a length of about 20–26 millimetres (0.79–1.02 in). The scutellum has a right angle. The back side of the mesosoma and the first tergite show a white pubescence.[3]

Distribution

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This species can be found in Senegal, Burkina-Faso, Togo, Cameroon, RCongo, DRCongo, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Mawdsley, J.R. (2017). "Taxonomy of the African large carpenter bees of the genus Xylocopa Latreille, 1802, subgenus Xenoxylocopa Hurd & Moure, 1963 (Hymenoptera, Apidae)". ZooKeys (655): 131–139.
  2. ^ Biolib
  3. ^ Biodiversity of Burundi
  4. ^ 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