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Xylocopa scioensis Gribodo
Xylocopa scioensis
Gribodo, 1884. |
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Photographs © Iziko Museums of South Africa.
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Distribution
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Botswana, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia,
Zimbabwe. |
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. |
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. |
Credits
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Photographs of specimens in SAMC © Iziko Museums of South Africa.
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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