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

Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) similis Smith 1874: 291

Fig. 11

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.

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.