Xylocopa (Schonnherria) macrops Lepeletier 1841: 209–210

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 : 8-9

Xylocopa (Schonnherria) macrops Lepeletier 1841: 209–210

Fig. 16

Known distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Guanabara, Guapore, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Colombia, Paraguay, Peru. Type locality: “ Brésil ” ( Lepeletier 1841: 210).

Material examined. Brazil: Amazonas: Tefé , XII.1959 (1 ♀) ; Pará: Cachimbo, IX.1954, M. Alvarenga (3 ♀), VII.1955, J. A. Araujo (1 ♂), VI.1962, M. Alvarenga and F. Oliveira (75 ♀), Conceição do Araguaia , II.1960, J. S. P. Costa (13 ♀, 2 ♂) .

Notes. The matte black coloration and lack of iridescence on the wing apices, combined with the black metasomal coloration, will separate females of this species from the two other large-bodied species of subgenus Schonnherria in the Amazon basin, as noted in the key.

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.