Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) carbonaria Smith 1854: 358

Mawdsley, Jonathan R., 2018, New records and diagnostic notes on large carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: genus Xylocopa Latreille), from the Amazon River basin of South America, Insecta Mundi 631, pp. 1-15 : 4

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scientific name	Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) carbonaria Smith 1854: 358
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Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) carbonaria Smith 1854: 358 View in CoL

Fig. 4 View Figures 1–13

Known Distribution. Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte; Hurd 1978: 53). Type Locality: “Brazil (Tapajos)” ( Smith 1854: 358).

Material examined. Brazil: Pará, Cachimbo, VI.1955, F. M. Oliviera (1 ♀) , X.1955, M. Alvarenga (1 ♀) , VI.1962, M. Alvarenga and F. M. Oliveira (64 ♀) , Santarém, VII.1955, M. Silva (1 ♀) , IX.1955, M. Alvarenga (5 ♀) , X.1955, M. Silva (5 ♀) , M. Alvarenga (1 ♀) , XI.1955, M. Silva (16 ♀) , X.1955, M. Alvarenga (1 ♀) , 10.XII.1955, M. Silva (5 ♀) , V.1960 (2 ♀) .

Notes. The small body size, dense black pubescence on much of the mesonotum and metasomal tergites, and black wings with feeble violet iridescence are diagnostic for females, at least among the species of subgenus Neoxylocopa in the Amazon basin.

References

Hurd, P. D., Jr. 1978. An annotated catalog of the carpenter bees (Genus Xylocopa Latreille) of the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Smithsonian Institution Press; Washington, DC. 106 p.

Smith, F. 1854. Apidae. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 2: 199 - 465.

Figures

Figures 1–13. Dorsal habitus photographs of pinned, preserved specimens of females of Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) species from the Amazon River basin, from the USNM collection. 1) X. (N.) aeneipennis. 2) X. (N.) amazonica. 3) X. (N.) aurulenta. 4) X. (N.) carbonaria. 5) X. (N.) cearensis. 6) X. (N.) fimbriata. 7) X. (N.) frontalis. 8) X. (N.) grisescens. 9) X. (N.) hirsutissima. 10) X. (N.) orthogonaspis. 11) X. (N.) similis. 12) X. (N.) suspecta. 13) X. (N.) tegulata.