Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) similis Smith 1874: 291

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 : 6

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scientific name	Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) similis Smith 1874: 291
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Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) similis Smith 1874: 291 View in CoL

Fig. 11 View Figures 1–13

Known distribution. Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru ( Hurd 1978: 68). Type locality: “Para” ( Smith 1874: 291).

Material examined. Brazil: Amazonas: Benjamin Constant, VIII.1956, I. C. Lima (2 ♀) , IX.1956, I. C. Lima (2 ♀) , Manaus, VIII.1959 , Ellas (1 female) , Tabatinga, X.1958, F. M. Oliveira (1 ♀) , III.1959, F. M. Oliveira (2 ♀, 1 ♂) , Tefé, VIII.1959, R. Carvalho (1 ♀) , XI.1959, R. Carvalho (6 ♀) , XII.1959, R. Carvalho (6 ♀) , 1-4.XII.1961, F. M. Oliveira (2 ♀) ; Pará: Óbidos, V.1956, F. M. Oliveira (1 ♀) .

Notes. Females of this species are similar to those of X. (N.) aurulenta but can be readily distinguished by the presence of orange pubescence on the first metasomal tergite, as described in the key.

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. 1874. Monograph of the genus Xylocopa Latr. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1874: 247 - 302.

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.