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A total of 18 species of Xylocopa are identified from Ethiopia. We provide data and visited
plants records for each species, as well as a short diagnose and illustrations. A new species,
Xylocopa higosamuloensis Pauly sp. nov., is described. The following synonymy has been
established after revision of the types: Xylocopa flavorufa var. harrarensis...
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... Gribodo, 1884 DIAGNOSIS. A middle size species (16-22 mm). Female. Mesosoma totaly covered by yellow pubescence, tergum 1 black (Fig. 18a); tergum 1 with a mite pouch; head (Fig. 18b). Male. Totaly covered by yellow pubescence, morphologically not distinguishable form Xylocopa caffra, X. schoana and X. olivacea. Xylocopa sarawatica Engel, 2017 (Fig. 19) DIAGNOSIS. This species described from Saudi Arabia is similar in colour to Xylocopa pubescens but is smaller (14 mm) (Fig. 19). It has also a mite pouch in T1. The DNA barcoding of the specimen from Ethiopia confirm it is different from X. pubescens. NEW MATERIAL. AMHARA: Zarima, 13°20'N 37°53'E, 1261m, 19.X.2011, Cassia alata, 1♀. ...
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... (Fig. 18a); tergum 1 with a mite pouch; head (Fig. 18b). Male. Totaly covered by yellow pubescence, morphologically not distinguishable form Xylocopa caffra, X. schoana and X. olivacea. Xylocopa sarawatica Engel, 2017 (Fig. 19) DIAGNOSIS. This species described from Saudi Arabia is similar in colour to Xylocopa pubescens but is smaller (14 mm) (Fig. 19). It has also a mite pouch in T1. The DNA barcoding of the specimen from Ethiopia confirm it is different from X. pubescens. NEW MATERIAL. AMHARA: Zarima, 13°20'N 37°53'E, 1261m, 19.X.2011, Cassia alata, 1♀. Fig. 19. Xylocopa sarawatica, female (Zarima) Xylocopa schoana Enderlein, 1903 (Figs 20-21) Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) schoana ...
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... (Fig. 19) DIAGNOSIS. This species described from Saudi Arabia is similar in colour to Xylocopa pubescens but is smaller (14 mm) (Fig. 19). It has also a mite pouch in T1. The DNA barcoding of the specimen from Ethiopia confirm it is different from X. pubescens. NEW MATERIAL. AMHARA: Zarima, 13°20'N 37°53'E, 1261m, 19.X.2011, Cassia alata, 1♀. Fig. 19. Xylocopa sarawatica, female (Zarima) Xylocopa schoana Enderlein, 1903 (Figs 20-21) Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) schoana DIAGNOSIS. The female of this species has the same colouration as X. caffra (Fig. 20a) but differs by the lack of mite pouch in first tergum (Fig. 21b). Colour is highly variable on sides of thorax of the females (Fig. ...
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... The species Xylocopa pubescens was the highest distribution of Iraq, but the species Xylocopa olivieri was the lowest which only one specimen was collected from Baghdad Province. (Grace, 2010); Ethiopia, Senegal, Togo, Nigeria, Somalia, Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe (Pauly et al., 2018). Description of Female: Body length 13-19 mm; completely black. ...
In this study, the genus Xylocopa Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) was revised. There were 4 species registered in our investigations: X. hottentotta Smith, 1854; X. olivieri Lepeletier, 1841; X. pubescens Spinola, 1838 and X. valga Gerstäcker, 1872, the first species was described as being found for the first time for the insect fauna of Iraq, which were obtained from Solanum melogena L. flowers. Key to the species was constructed and supported by figures of the main diagnostic characters and some morphological features, illustrated and compared with other species, which are recorded in the current survey.
... La femelle de X. pubescens se distingue de X. aestuans et des autres espèces indo-australiennes du groupe [par exemple X. aruana Ritsema, 1876, X. bryorum (Fabricius, 1775), X. hafizii Ma, 1938, X. lieftincki Leys, 2000 ruficornis Fabricius, 1804] notamment par l'absence d'une ligne médiane lisse sur le clypéus ( fig. 1) ou bien par la pilosité, principalement, sinon entièrement noire sur le vertex, mésopleures et metanotum, par la ponctuation dense du clypéus (espace réguliers, inférieurs au diamètre d'un point) et par son troisième article antennaire court (pas beaucoup plus long que les deux suivants). Dans la région ouest-paléarctique, X. pubescens ne peut être confondue qu'avec X. sarawatica Engel 2017, présente en Arabie Saoudite et en Éthiopie (Engel et al., 2017 ;Pauly et al., 2018). La femelle s'en différencie par sa plus grande taille, la présence de soies blanches sur le clypéus ( fig. 1) et par l'absence de soies jaunes sur le metanotum (Engel et al., 2017). ...
On the presence of Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) pubescens Spinola, 1838, in metropolitan France (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) pubescens Spinola, 1838, species native to Africa and the Middle East, is recorded for the first time in metropolitan France where it has been observed in an urban garden in Ronchin (Nord). To assess its ability to establish and expand, we developed a MAXENT climatic niche model. Ronchin is slightly above the threshold of suitability of X. pubescens. We assume that it should not expand in this unsuitable region. However, the species should be monitored.
... Individuals have particular nesting behaviour which consists to burrow into hard plant material such as dead wood or bamboo (Pauly et al., 2015). Female has mesosoma totally covered by yellow pubescence and tergum 1 yellow with a mite pouch while male is totally covered by yellow pubescence (Pauly et al., 2018). Previous results showed the positive impact of X. olivacea on the pollination and the increase of seed yields of cultivated legumes such as Phaseolus vulgaris, Pisum sativum, Vigna unguiculata and Cajanus cajan in Burundi (Pauly et al., 2015) and in Cameroon (Tchuenguem et al., 2014a,b;Kengni et al., 2015). ...
