Xylocopa ( Schonnherria ) ornata 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 : 9-10

Xylocopa ( Schonnherria) ornata Smith 1874: 290

Fig. 19

Known distribution. Bolivia, Brazil (“Amazon Basin”), Colombia, Peru, Venezuela ( Hurd 1978: 23). Type locality: “St. Paulo” ( Smith 1874: 290).

Material examined. Bolivia: Beni, Rurrenabaque, XI.1921, W. M. Mann, Mulford Biological Expedition ( 1 ♀). Brazil: Amazonas: Benjamin Constant , IX.1955, I. C. Lima ( 2 ♀), Manaus , X.1959, C. Ellas ( 1 ♂), Rio Uaupés , 1906, H. Schmidt ( 2 ♀) ; Tapuruquara , Uaupés, X.1954, A. Aguirre ( 1 ♀), Tefé, IX.1960, R. Carvalho ( 4 ♀), X.1960 ( 1 ♀), XI.1960 6 ♀ ); Pará : Jacareacanga, X.1959, M. Alvarenga ( 4 ♀) ; Óbidos , 20.VIII.1955, J. Brasilino ( 1 ♀), XII.1955, F. M. Oliveira ( 1 ♀) ; Rondônia: Pimenta Bueno , XI.1960, M. Alvarenga ( 1 ♀). Peru: Moncon Valley, Tingo Maria, 10.XI.1954, E. I. Schlinger and E. S. Ross ( 1 ♀) ; Palcazu, Rosenberg ( 1 ♀).

Notes. Female easily recognized by the green dorsal iridescence and the presence of orange pubescence on metasomal tergites 1–6.

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.