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Xylocopa flavorufa (De Geer)
Apis
flavorufa
De Geer,
1778. Holotype in NHRS. Type locality: South Africa. |
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Male of probably Xylocopa flavorufa.
Determination by Connal Eardley 2021.
Riverside camp,
Iringa, Tanzania. Photograph
© Stephen Marshall (University of Guelph).
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Distribution
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Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South
Africa, Swaziland, 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. Recorded on
flowers of: Aeschynomene nodulosa, Calpurnia subdecandra, Canavalia
virosa, Cassia abbreviata, Cassia sp., Foeniculum vulgare, Lathyrus sp.,
Markhamia sp., Mentha sp., Sesbania bispinosa, Sesbania sesban, Sophora
inhambanensis, Sophora tomentosa, Tecoma stans. Nests in: Acacia
albida, Agave sp., Erythrina sp., Jacaranda sp., Melia azedarach, Pinus
patula, Pterocarpus sp., Spathodea sp., Syzygium cordatum, Uapaca
kirkiana. Parasite: Coelopencyrtus callainus, Coelopencyrtus
taylori, Coelopencyrtus watmoughi, Dinogamasus villosior, Hyperechia
bifasciata, Hyperechia imitator, Hyperechia marshalli, Paralipsa exacta,
Physocephala bimarginipennis, Synhoria hottentota, Synhoria sp. (Eardley & Urban, 2010). |
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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