Xylocopa (Schonnherria) lucida Smith 1874: 290

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 : 8

Xylocopa (Schonnherria) lucida Smith 1874: 290

Fig. 15

Known distribution. Brazil (Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Guapore, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rondônia), Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Peru, Venezuela ( Hurd 1978: 19). Type locality: “Para” ( Smith 1874: 290).

Material examined. Bolivia: Beni, Guayaramerín , 13.X.1934, W. Forster (1 ♀) , Rurrenabaque, Rio Beni , W. M. Mann, Mulford Biological Expedition (1 ♀) ; Chapare , Rio Chipiriri, 400 m, 27.X.1953, W. Forster (1 ♀), 28.X.1953 (2 ♀). Brazil: Pará: Cachimbo, IX.1954, M. Alvarenga (1 ♀), Óbidos, I.1956, F. M. Oliveira (1 ♀). Peru: Tingo Maria, Rio Huallaga, 700 m, 4.I.1940, Weyrauch (1 ♀) .

Notes. Females of this species can be separated from those of the similar small-bodied species X. (S.) muscaria (Fabricius) by the black (as opposed to white) setae on the gena.

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.