Xylocopa (Schonnherria) metallica Smith 1874: 292

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 : 9

Xylocopa (Schonnherria) metallica Smith 1874: 292

Fig. 17

Known distribution. Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Colombia, Suriname, Peru. Type locality: “Para” ( Smith 1874: 292).

Material examined. Brazil: Amazonas: Rio Uaupés, 1906, H. Schmidt (1 ♀) .

Notes. Females of this species are easily recognized by the presence of orange pubescence on metasomal tergites 3-6, combined with the presence of black pubescence on metasomal tergites 1–2.

Figures

Figures 14–23. Dorsal habitus photographs of pinned, preserved specimens of females of Xylocopa (Schonnherria) species from the Amazon River basin, from the USNM collection. 14) X. (S.) dimidiata. 15) X. (S.) lucida. 16) X. (S.) macrops. 17) X. (S.) metallica. 18) X. (S.) muscaria. 19) X. (S.) ornata. 20) X. (S.) simillima. 21) X. (S.) subcyanea. 22) X. (S.) varians. 23) X. (S.) viridis.