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Xylocopa inconstans
X. inconstans female in the Kruger NP
Scientific 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
Xylocopa abyssinica Radoszkowski 1876 Xylocopa inconstans var. flavescens Vachal 1899.

Xylocopa inconstans is a species of carpenter bee.

Description

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.

Distribution

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.

References

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

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