Taxonomy of the African large carpenter bees of the genus Xylocopa Latreille, 1802, subgenus Xenoxylocopa Hurd & Moure, 1963 (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

The taxonomy of the genus Xylocopa Latreille, 1802, subgenus Xenoxylocopa Hurd & Moure, 1963, is reviewed. There is a single valid species in this subgenus, Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) inconstans Smith, 1874, which is widely distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia...

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Main Author: Jonathan R. Mawdsley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017-02-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=11187