Xylocopa (Schonnherria) subcyanea Pérez 1901: 74–75

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 : 10

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3699701
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8EB081BE-6413-4CE7-861C-97B4746E075A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3705556
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C2879C-FF9F-AB5E-62FC-406FFA1C18FB
treatment provided by	Felipe (2020-03-06 16:57:35, last updated 2024-11-27 06:25:57)
scientific name	Xylocopa (Schonnherria) subcyanea Pérez 1901: 74–75
status

Treatment

Xylocopa (Schonnherria) subcyanea Pérez 1901: 74–75 View in CoL

Fig. 21 View Figures 14–23

Known distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, São Paulo), Paraguay, Uruguay ( Hurd 1978: 25). Type locality: “ Brésil (Province de Matto-Grosso)” ( Pérez 1901: 75)

Material examined. Brazil: Pará: Cachimbo , VI.1962, M. Alvarenga and F. M. Oliveira (5 ♂) ; Conceição do Araguaia , II.1960, J. S. P. Costa (3 ♀, 4 males), VII.1959, M. Alvarenga (7 ♂), Óbidos, IX.1959, F. M. Oliveira (2 ♀, 1 ♂) .

Notes. The female of this small-bodied species can be readily separated from the other small-bodied species of subgenus Schonnherria in the Amazon basin by the hyaline (as opposed to darkly pigmented) wings,

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.

Perez, J. 1901. Contribution a l'etude des Xylocopes. Actes de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux 56 (6): 1 - 128.

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.