Distribution
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Angola, Cameroun, Comoro Islands, Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique,
Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania,
Togo. |
Biology
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Carpenter bees bore tunnels into wood to construct a
nest, which they provision with a mixture of pollen and nectar
sculptured into an elongate shape. This acts as a food source for their
developing larvae. A number of partitions (each containing a single
larva) may be constructed within the tunnel, the partitions are made out
of chewed wood.
Parasitized by: Sennertia elseni. |
References
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Eardley, C.D. 1983.
A taxonomic revision of the genus
Xylocopa Latreille (Hymenoptera:
Anthophoridae) in southern Africa.
Entomology Memoir,
Department of Agriculture, Republic of South Africa 58: 67pp.
Eardley, C & Urban, R. 2010. Catalogue
of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes).
Zootaxa 2455: 1-548.
Michener, C.D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins
University Press. 953 pp. |
