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Xylocopa africana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Suborder
  
Apocrita

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Hymenoptera

Superfamily
  
Apoidea

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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.

    References

    Xylocopa africana Wikipedia
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