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	Xylocopa aethiopica Pérez Xylocopa africana (Fabricius) Xylocopa africana congoensis Enderlein Xylocopa africana conradti Enderlein Xylocopa africana longjinensis Strand Xylocopa albiceps Fabricius
	Xylocopa albifrons Lepeletier, 1841
	Xylocopa alticola (Cockerell) Xylocopa apicalis Smith Xylocopa asaccula (LeVeque) Xylocopa aurorea Friese Xylocopa bequaerti (Cockerell) Xylocopa biangulata Vachal Xylocopa bicarinata Alfken Xylocopa bouyssoui Vachal Xylocopa braunsi Dusmet y Alonso
	Xylocopa caffra (Linnaeus, 1767)
	Xylocopa calcarata (LeVeque)
	Xylocopa calens Lepeletier, 1841
	Xylocopa calens malagassa Saussure Xylocopa calens atripyga Strand
	Xylocopa caloptera Pérez Xylocopa capensis Spinola
	Xylocopa capitata Smith, 1854
	Xylocopa capitata khuzibiegensis Vicidomini Xylocopa chapini (LeVeque) Xylocopa chiyakensis (Cockerell) Xylocopa citrina Friese Xylocopa claripennis Friese Xylocopa cloti Vachal Xylocopa codinai Dusmet y Alonso Xylocopa combusta Smith Xylocopa conradsiana Friese Xylocopa cornigera Friese Xylocopa cribrata Pérez
	Xylocopa dibongoano Hedicke Xylocopa distinguenda Pérez Xylocopa ditypa Vachal Xylocopa dolosa Vachal Xylocopa duala Strand Xylocopa erlangeri Enderlein
	Xylocopa erythrina Gribodo, 1894
	Xylocopa erythrina fulleborni Enderlein Xylocopa erythrina albohirta Friese Xylocopa escalerai Dusmet y Alonso Xylocopa euxantha Cockerell Xylocopa euxantha euchrysea Cockerell
	Xylocopa fenestrata (Fabricius) Xylocopa fenestrata mauritii Maa
	Xylocopa fervens Lepeletier
	Xylocopa flavicollis (De Geer, 1778)
	Xylocopa flavorufa (De Geer, 1778)
	Xylocopa flavorufa kristenseni Friese Xylocopa flavorufa harrarensis Vachal Xylocopa forsiusi Dusmet y Alonso Xylocopa fortissima Cockerell Xylocopa fulva Friese Xylocopa gabonica (Gribodo) Xylocopa ganglbaueri Maidl Xylocopa gaullei Vachal Xylocopa graueri Maidl Xylocopa gribodoi Magretti
	Xylocopa haefligeri Friese, 1909
	Xylocopa hottentotta Smith, 1854
	Xylocopa hottentotta usambarensis Strand Xylocopa hottentotta barombiana Strand Xylocopa hottentotta namutonensis Strand Xylocopa hottentotta fulvopilosa Friese Xylocopa hottentotta ukerewensis Strand Xylocopa hottentotta alpina Friese Xylocopa hottentotta aurantia Cockerell Xylocopa hyalinipennis Friese
	Xylocopa ignescens (LeVeque) Xylocopa imitator Smith Xylocopa imitator nigriceps Friese Xylocopa incandescens (Cockerell) Xylocopa inconstans Smith Xylocopa inquirenda Vachal Xylocopa insola Vachal Xylocopa io Vachal Xylocopa isabelleae Hurd
	Xylocopa kamerunensis Vachal
	Xylocopa langi (LeVeque) Xylocopa lateritia Smith Xylocopa lautipennis (Cockerell) Xylocopa lepeletieri Enderlein Xylocopa lepeletieri ruboris Strand Xylocopa leucothoracoides Maidl Xylocopa longespinosa Enderlein Xylocopa longula Friese
	Xylocopa lugubris Gerstaecker, 1858
	Xylocopa luteola Lepeletier, 1841
	Xylocopa merceti Dusmet y Alonso Xylocopa mirabilis Hurd & Moure
	Xylocopa mixta Radoszkowski, 1881
	Xylocopa modesta Smith Xylocopa modesta denasata Strand Xylocopa modesta miniata Friese Xylocopa montana Enderlein
	Xylocopa nigrella Hurd Xylocopa nigricans Vachal Xylocopa nigricaula (LeVeque) Xylocopa nigripes Friese
	Xylocopa nigrita (Fabricius, 1775)
	Xylocopa nigrita vertexalbula Vicidomini Xylocopa nyassica Enderlein
	Xylocopa oblonga Smith Xylocopa obscurata Smith Xylocopa obscuritarsis Friese
	Xylocopa olivacea (Fabricius)
	Xylocopa orthosiphonis (Cockerell) Xylocopa oudemansi (LeVeque)
	Xylocopa perpunctata (LeVeque) Xylocopa pilosa Friese Xylocopa praeusta Smith Xylocopa praeusta liberiensis (Cockerell) Xylocopa preussi Enderlein Xylocopa pseudoleucothorax Maidl Xylocopa pubescens Spinola Xylocopa punctifrons Cockerell Xylocopa pusulata Vachal
	Xylocopa rejecta Vachal Xylocopa rufitarsis Lepeletier
	Xylocopa schoana Enderlein
	Xylocopa scioensis Gribodo, 1884
	Xylocopa scioensis uluguruna Enderlein
	Xylocopa senex Friese
	Xylocopa senior Vachal, 1899
	Xylocopa senior media Vachal Xylocopa senior tricuspis Maidl Xylocopa senior albopleuralis Friese Xylocopa senior clitelligera Friese
	Xylocopa sicheli Vachal, 1898
	Xylocopa sphinx Vachal Xylocopa stadelmanni Vachal Xylocopa stanleyi (LeVeque) Xylocopa steindachneri Maidl Xylocopa subcombusta (LeVeque) Xylocopa subjuncta Vachal Xylocopa suspiciosa Vachal Xylocopa sycophanta Pérez
	Xylocopa tanganyikae Strand Xylocopa tenkeana Cockerell Xylocopa tesselata Maa Xylocopa togoensis Enderlein Xylocopa torrida (Westwood) Xylocopa torrida gramineipennis Friese Xylocopa trochanterica Vachal
	Xylocopa ustulata Smith
	Xylocopa varipes Smith Xylocopa varipes parva Enderlein Xylocopa varipes melanotrichia Strand Xylocopa varipes atritarsis (Cockerell) Xylocopa varipes perfusca Cockerell
	Xylocopa villosa Friese
	Xylocopa vittata Enderlein
	Xylocopa watmoughi Eardley, 1983
	Xylocopa wellmani Cockerell

Distribution	Worldwide.
Biology	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	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	Photograph of living Xylocopa © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa), or © Dave West, or © Stephen Marshall (University of Guelph). Photograph of banner Xylocopa © Laurence Packer's website: Bee Tribes of the World Photographs of specimens in SAMC © Iziko Museums of South Africa.

Xylocopa Latreille

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