Xylocopa combusta

Xylocopa combusta
Xylocopa combusta from Bioko Island
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Xylocopa
Species:	X. combusta
Binomial name
Xylocopa combusta Smith, 1854
Synonyms[1]
Xylocopa taczanovskii Radoszkowsky 1876

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

1. Atlas Hymenoptera Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
2. Biolib
3. Biodiversity of Burundi

• 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.