Xylocopa caffra (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Latreille, P.A. 1805. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. xiv. 13, 432 pp.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Apidae
- genus
- Xylocopa
- species
- Xylocopa caffra
Name
- Synonyms
- Apis caffra Linnaeus, 1767
- Bombus caffrus (Linnaeus)
- Koptortosoma caffra (Linnaeus)
- Mesotrichia caffra (Linnaeus)
- Mesotrichia caffra f. mossambica (Gribodo)
- Mesotrichia incerta var. seychellensis Cockerell, 1912
- Mesotrichia mossambica (Gribodo)
- Mesotrichia seychellensis Cockerell
- Xylocopa caffra mossambica Gribodo, 1894
- Xylocopa mossambica Gribodo, 1894
- Homonyms
- Xylocopa caffra (Linnaeus, 1767)
Bibliographic References
- Alfken, J.D. 1932. Entomological expedition to Abyssinia, 1926-7. Hymenoptera, I: Apoidea (exclusive of Andrena and Halictus). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society (London) 80: 47-55
- Annecke, D.P. 1968. Records and descriptions of African Encyrtidae—4 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 31: 249-264
- Anzenberger, G. 1977. Ethological study of African carpenter bees of the genus Xylocopa (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 44: 337-374
- Benoist, R. 1944. Hyménoptères mellifères recueillis au Cameroun par MM. P. Lepesme, R. Paulian et A. Villiers. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 49: 8-13
- Bingham, C.T. 1903. On the Hymenoptera collected by Mr. W.L. Distant in the Transvaal, South Africa, with descriptions of supposed new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(7): 46-69
- Bonelli, B. 1976. Osservazioni eto-ecologiche sugli Imenotteri aculeati dell'Etiopia. VII Xylocopa (Mesotricha) combusta Smith (Hymenoptera - Anthophoridae). Bollettino dell'Istituto di Entomologia della Università di Bologna 33: 1-31
- Brauns, H. 1913. Biologie südafrikanischer Apiden. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie 9: 116-120
- Brauns, H. 1925. Observations on the hibernating habits and collection of certain South African carpenter bees. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society (London) 1924: 96-98
- Brauns, H. 1926. A Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Allodape, St. Farg. and Serv. Order Hymenoptera; Section Apidae (Anthophila). Annals of the South African Museum 23: 417-434
- Coetzer, W. and C.D. Eardley. 2019. Insights into 260 years of taxonomic research gained from the Catalogue of Afrotropical Bees. African Invertebrates 60(2): 291-318
- Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum huscusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, 10. I-VII + 643 pp. W. Engelmann, Leipzig
- Dover, C. 1925. Dr H. Brauns' Observations on the hibernating habits and collection of certain South African carpenter bees. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society (London) 1924: xcvi-xcviii
- Dusmet, Y. and J.M. Alonso. 1924. Las Xylocopa' (Hym.: Apidae) en la colecciones de Madrid. Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales: Serie Zoologica 49: 5-58
- 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. iii + 20.
- Eardley, C.D. 1983. Entomology Memoir No. 58: A taxonomic revision of the genus Xylocopa Latreille (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) in southern Africa. Entomology Memoir, Department of Agriculture, Republic of South Africa : 67 pp.
- Eardley, C.D. 1987. Entomology Memoir No. 70: Catalogue of Apoidea (Hymenoptera) in Africa south of the Sahara. Part I. The genus Xylocopa Latreille (Anthophoridae). 20 pp. Dept of Agriculture and Water Supply, South Africa, Pretoria
- Eardley, C.D. 2000. Apoidea (Hymenoptera). Cimbebasia 9: 365-370
- Eardley, C.D. and R.P. Urban. 2010. Catalogue of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes). Zootaxa 2455: 1-548
- Eardley, C.D., M. Gikungu and M. Schwarz. 2009. Bee conservation in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar: diversity, status and threats. Apidologie 40: 355-366
- Enderlein, G. 1903. Neue und weniger bekannte afrikanische Xylocopen, besonders aus der Ausbeute des Freiherrn von Erlanger in Galla und Somali. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 48: 45-64