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 lugubris GERSTAECKER , 1857 Xylocopa lugubris GERSTAECKER, 1857 : FRIESE 1909b: 216 (tax., cat. Africa), 217 (key ♂ ), 221 (key ♀ ), 225 (tax., descr. ♂ , Eritrea without locality), 465 (cat. Africa). Xylocopa lugubris GERSTAECKER, 1857 : EARDLEY 1987: 9 (cat. Afr. Reg. ( Eritrea , not Ethiopia ). Xylocopa lugubris GERSTAECKER, 1857 : EARDLEY & URBAN 2010: 356 (cat. Afr. Reg. ( Eritrea , not Ethiopia )). * Xylocopa angolensis SMITH, 1874 : FRIESE 1915: 271 (tax., Eritrea without locality). D i s t r i b u t i o n: without exact locality. Xylocopa lugubris is widely distributed in the Afrotropical Region, but is not recorded from the neighbour countries. The identification should be checked.