Xylocopa africana is a species of carpenter bee.Catalogue of life
Subspecies Xylocopa africana africana (Fabricius, 1781) Xylocopa africana congoensis Enderlein, 1903 Xylocopa africana conradti Enderlein, 1903 Xylocopa africana longjinensis Strand, 1911 ITIS
Description In males, the thorax and the first abdominal segment are golden yellow, while in females they are brown. The abdomen is mainly dark brown or blackish.
Distribution This species can be found in Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Uganda and Angola.Atlas Hymenoptera
References
Eardley, C. D. (1987) Catalogue of Apoidea (Hymenoptera) in Africa south of the Sahara, Part 1, The genus Xylocopa Latreille (Anthophoridae), Entomology Memoir, No. 70