''Xylocopa alticola'' is a species of
carpenter bee
Carpenter bees are species in the genus ''Xylocopa'' of the subfamily Xylocopinae. The genus includes some 500 bees in 31 subgenera. The common name "carpenter bee" derives from their nesting behavior; nearly all species burrow into hard plant m ...
native to
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
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The species was described by
Hans Hedicke in 1938.
The Smithsonian has specimens collected from
Mount Kilimanjaro in
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...
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EOL: images of Xylocopa alticola
— Smithsonian Institution collection.
References
alticola
''Alticola'' is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
Species
*Subgenus ''Alticola''
** White-tailed mountain vole (''Alticola albicauda'')
** Silver mountain vole (''Alticola argentatus'')
** Gobi Altai mountain vole (''Alticola ba ...
Hymenoptera of Africa
Insects of Tanzania
Insects described in 1938
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