Xylocopa olivacea is a species of carpenter bee.

This species is very similar to X. calens, endemic to Madagascar.

X. calens just differs in the length of the hair on the metasoma.

[1] This species can be found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Angola, and South Africa.

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