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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
Xylocopa taczanovskii Radoszkowsky 1876

Xylocopa combusta is a species of carpenter bee.

Description

Xylocopa combusta has a black body with black hair on the head and the thorax. Bristles on the pygidial area are reddish.

Distribution

This species can be found in Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Angola.

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.

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• Xylocopa
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• Taxa named by Frederick Smith (entomologist)
• Hymenoptera of Africa
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