Xylocopa tesselata MAA, 1970

Xylocopa (Ctenoxylocopa) tesselata new species: MAA 1970: 720 (tax.), 729-30 (key), 730 (figs 4,

8), 732 (tax.), 734 (fig. 15), 737-38 (tax.), 742 (tax., descr. ♂ ♀, no material from Djibouti

seen), 745 (fig. 27), 747 (fig. 33), 749 (fig. 43). * Xylocopa fenestrata (FABRICIUS, 1798): FRIESE 1909a: 231-32 (tax., descr. ♂ ♀, Obock). Xylocopa fenestrata (FABRICIUS, 1798): FRIESE 1915: 271 (biol., Obock). * Xylocopa taschenbergi VACHAL, 1898: VACHAL 1899: 94 (key ♀, Djibouti, Obock) 107 (key ♂,

Djibouti, Obock).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Djibouti, Obock.

The records from Djibouti listed by VACHAL (1899, 1900 as X. taschenbergi) and FRIESE (1909a as X. fenestrata) probably belong to this species (MAA 1970: 732, 742)). MAIDL (1912: 270) cited VACHAL (1899 - 1900) under X. hottentota SMITH, 1854 and EARDLEY & URBAN (2010: 368) under X. ustulata SMITH, 1854).