Mesotrichia caffra (Linnaeus)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Cockerell, T.D.A. 1908. Some bees collected by Dr. F.C. Wellman in West Africa. The Entomologist 41: 34-36
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Apidae
- genus
- Xylocopa
- species
- Xylocopa caffra
Name
- Homonyms
- Mesotrichia caffra (Linnaeus)
Bibliographic References
- Anzenberger, G. 1986. How do carpenter bees recognise the entrance to their nests? An experimental investigation in a natural habitat. Ethology 71: 54-62
- Cockerell, T.D.A. 1908. Some bees collected by Dr. F.C. Wellman in West Africa. The Entomologist 41: 34-36
- Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Percy Sladen Trust expedition. No. II.—Hymenoptera, Apoidea. Transactions of the Linnean Society 15: 29-41
- Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. LXXX.—Descriptions and records of bees.—XCIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 (ser. 9): 660-668
- Cockerell, T.D.A. 1930. African bees of the family Xylocopidae principally from Liberia and the Belgian Congo. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 18: 294-306
- Cockerell, T.D.A. 1932. LXI.—Descriptions and records of bees.—CXXXIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 (ser. 10): 550-559
- Cockerell, T.D.A. 1932. XLVI.—Descriptions and records of bees.—CXXXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 (ser. 10): 447-458
- Cockerell, T.D.A. 1933. Records of African Bees. II. American Museum Novitates 615: 1-8
- Cockerell, T.D.A. 1933. XXV.—Descriptions and records of bees.—CXLI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 (ser. 10): 204-214
- Cockerell, T.D.A. 1935. Scientific results of the Verney-Lang Kalahari Expedition, March to September, 1930, Hymenoptera (Apoidea). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 17: 63-94
- Cockerell, T.D.A. 1936. Descriptions and records of bees.—CLII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17 (ser. 10): 24-31
- Kapil, R.P. and J.S. Dhaliwal. 1968. Defence of nest by the female of Xylocopa fenestrata Fab. (Xylocopinae, Hymenoptera). Insectes Sociaux 15: 419-422
- Leveque, N. 1928. Carpenter bees of the genus Mesotrichia obtained by the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. American Museum Novitates : 23 pp
- Leveque, N. 1930. Mites of the genus Dinogamasus (Dolaea) found in the abdominal pouch of African bees known as Mesotrichia or Koptorthosoma (Xylocopidae). American Museum Novitates : 19 pp
- Leveque, N. 1932. Some problems in the evolution and taxonomy of carpenter bees (Xylocopidae), correlataed with a study of their symbiotic mites. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 68: 109-113
- Skaife, S.H. 1952. The Yellow-banded Carpenter Bee, Mesotrichia caffra Linn, and its symbiotic mite, Dinogamasus braunsi Vitzthun. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 15: 63-76