Xylocopa hottentota SMITH, 1854

I, Eritrea, 2020, A catalogue of the Apidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of Eritrea, Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (1), pp. 337-363 : 355

Xylocopa hottentota SMITH, 1854

Xylocopa hottentota SMITH, 1854 : MAGRETTI 1906: 11 (Ghinda), 15 (Keren), 19 (Sabarguma).

Xylocopa hottentota SMITH, 1854 : EARDLEY 1987: 6 (cat. Afr. Reg. ( Eritrea under Ethiopia)).

Xylocopa (Nodula) hottentota SMITH, 1854 : VICIDOMINI 2006b: 122 (Asmara (leg. Cilli), Keren (leg Derchi, ??), Saati (leg. Magretti), Sabarguma (leg. Magretti), without locality (? Ghinda leg. Magretti)), 125 (cat. Genova).

Xylocopa hottentota SMITH, 1854 : EARDLEY & URBAN 2010: 350 (cat. Afr. Reg. ( Eritrea under under Ethiopia)).

Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) hottentota SMITH, 1854 : PAULY et al. 2018: 13 (tax., biol., Tessenei, Eritrea without locality), 14 (figs 12a, b), 15 (figs 12c, d, 13a-c).

* Xylocopa carinata alpina n.var.: FRIESE 1923: 6 (descr. ♀ ♂, Eritrea without locality, Ethiopia, Kenya).

Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) carinata alpina FRIESE, 1922 (!): HURD & MOURE 1963: 223 (tax., world cat.), 318 (world cat.).

Xylocopa hottentota alpina FRIESE, 1922 (!): RASMUSSEN & ASCHER 2008: 24 (cat. taxa described by Friese).

Xylocopa hottentota alpina FRIESE, 1922 (!): EARDLEY & URBAN 2010: 352 (cat. Afr. Reg.).

Xylocopa carinata var. alpina FRIESE, 1922 (!): PAULY et al. 2018: 13 (syn.).

* Xylocopa tarsata SMITH, 1854 : MAGRETTI 1906: 13 (Adi Ugri).

Xylocopa tarsata SMITH, 1854 : FRIESE 1909b: 216 (tax., cat. Africa), 217 (key ♂), 220 (key ♀) 221 (tax., descr. ♀ (?) ♂, Eritrea without locality), 465 (cat. Africa).

Xylocopa tarsata SMITH, 1854 : FRIESE 1915: 270 ( Eritrea without locality).

Xylocopa (Nodula) hottentota var. tarsata SMITH, 1854 : VICIDOMINI 2006b: 123 (Godofelassi (leg. Magretti)), Saganeiti), 125 (cat. Genova).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Adi Ugri, Asmara, Godofelassi, Keren, Saati, Saganeiti, Tessenei.

Xylocopa hottentota is widely distributed in the Afrotropical Region and is also recorded from Ethiopia and Sudan.