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Xylocopa africana (Fabricius, 1781)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Smith, F. 1874. Monograph of the genus Xylocopa, Latr. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society (London) 1874: 247-302

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Hymenoptera
family
Apidae
genus
Xylocopa
species
Xylocopa africana

Name

Synonyms
Apis africana Fabricius, 1781
Bombus africanus (Fabricius)
Bremus africanus (Fabricius)
Koptortosoma africana (Fabricius)
Mesotrichia africana (Fabricius)
Homonyms
Xylocopa africana (Fabricius, 1781)

Bibliographic References

  1. 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
  2. Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum huscusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, 10. I-VII + 643 pp. W. Engelmann, Leipzig
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. Eardley, C.D. and R.P. Urban. 2010. Catalogue of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes). Zootaxa 2455: 1-548
  8. 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
  9. Friese, H. 1902. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. Entomologisk Tidskrift 23: 225-231
  10. Friese, H. 1909. Die Bienen Afrikas nach dem Stande unserer heutigen Kenntnisse. In: Schultze, L. Zoologische und Anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905, Band 2. Denkschri
  11. Friese, H. 1914. XIV. Fam. Apidae. In: Hymenopteren aus Kamerun. Gesammelt von Rothkirch, Oberleutnant der Schutztruppe. von Dr. A. v. Schulthess, Zürich. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1914: 292-297
  12. Gribodo, G. 1894. Aculeati e Chrisidi. In: Rassengna degl'imenotteri reccolti nel Mozambico dal Cav. Fornasini esiteni nel Museo Zoologica della R. Universit di Bologna. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna: Sezione di Medi
  13. Hurd, P.D. and J.S. Moure. 1963. A classification of the large carpenter bees (Xylocopini) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). University of California Publications in Entomology 29: 1-365
  14. Kohl, F.F. 1894. Zur Hymenopterenfauna Afrikas. Annales des k.k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 9: 279-350
  15. Medler, J.T. 1980. Insects of Nigeria—Checklist and bibliography. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 30: 1-919
  16. Moreno, C.C. and R.C. Moreno. 1980. Catalighi I—Collezione Imenotterologica di Massimiliano Spinola. 165 pp. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino
  17. Munyuli, T. 2011. Pollinator biodiversity in Uganda and in Sub-Sahara Africa: Landscape and habitat management strategies for its conservation. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 3(11): 551-609
  18. Munyuli, T. 2013. Climatic, Regional Land-Use Intensity, Landscape, and Local Variables Predicting Best the Occurrence and Distribution of Bee Community Diversity in Various Farmland Habitats in Uganda. Psyche 2013: 1-38
  19. Munyuli, T. 2013. Is pan-trapping the most reliable sampling method for measuring and monitoring bee biodiversity in agroforestry systems in sub-Saharan Africa? International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 33(1): 14-37
  20. Pauly, A. 1998. Hymenoptera Apoidea du Gabon. Annales Sciences Zoologiques, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren 282: 1-121
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