A catalogue of the Apidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of Eritrea Author I, Eritrea text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2020 2020-07-31 52 1 337 363 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5273211 0253-116X 5273211 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 .