Xylocopa tesselata MAA, 1970

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scientific name	Xylocopa tesselata MAA, 1970
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Xylocopa (Ctenoxylocopa) tesselata n.sp: MAA 1970: 724 (tax.), 728 (tax.), 729-30 (key), 730 (figs

4, 8), 734 (fig. 15), 742 (descr. ♀ ♂, Abula ("Abullo"), Gahare, Ghinda, Keren, Massawa), 745

(fig. 27), 747 (fig. 33), 749 (fig. 43). Xylocopa tesselata MAA, 1970 : EARDLEY 1987: 14 (cat. Afr. Reg. ( Eritrea, not Ethiopia)). Xylocopa (Ctenocylocopa) tesselata MAA, 1970 : VICIDOMINI 2006b: 122 (Abula (Abbullo), Gahare,

Keren), 125 (cat. Genova). Xylocopa tesselata MAA, 1970 : EARDLEY & URBAN 2010: 366 (cat. Afr. Reg. ( Eritrea, not

Ethiopia)). * Xylocopa oblonga SMITH, 1874 : MAGRETTI 1906: 13 (Adi Ugri). * Xylocopa violacea (LINNAEUS, 1758) : WALKER 1871: 59 (tax., Harkeko, Massawa). Xylocopa violacea SCOPOLI (!): INNES BEY 1911: 107 (without locality, cat. Lord Collection). Xylocopa violacea (LINNAEUS, 1758) : GUIGLIA 1931: 163 (tax., Abula, Gahare).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Abula, Adi Ugri, Gahare, Ghinda, Harkeko, Keren, Massawa.

Xylocopa tesselata is also known from Djibouti and Sudan.