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Xylocopa Latreille, 1802
Xilocopa Latreille, P. A. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Fourmis et Recueil de Mémoirs et d'Observations sur les Abeilles, les Areignées, les Faucheurs et autres Insectes. Paris: Barrois Vol. 8 445 pp. [432] (rejected name; see ICZN (1965) Opinion 743) .

Xylocopa Latreille, P. A. (1802). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Paris: Dufart Vol. 3 467 pp. [379] (conserved name; see ICZN (1965) Opinion 743) .
Type species: Apis violacea Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Westwood, J. O. (1840). Synopsis of the genera of British insects pp. 1-154 in Westwood, J. O. (ed.) An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects; Founded on the Natural Habits and Corresponding Organisation of Different Families Vol. 1. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans 462 pp. [86] .

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, México, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), United States of America (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah); Neotropical Region: Anguilla, Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Corrientes, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fé, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Barbados, Bolivia (Cochabamba, El Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Acre, Alagoas, Amapá [Calçoene, Macapá, Mazagão, Oiapoque], Amazonas [Benjamin Constant, Itacoatiara, Manaus, Santa Isabel Do Rio Negro, Santo Antônio Do Içá, São Gabriel Da Cachoeira, São Paulo De Olivença, Tabatinga, Tefé], Bahia [Esplanada, Feira De Santana, Gentio Do Ouro, Itatim, Juazeiro, Livramento De Nossa Senhora, Morro Do Chapéu, Mucugê, Nilo Peçanha, Rio De Contas, Salvador], Ceará [Baturité, Caridade, Fortaleza, Guaramiranga, Piquet Carneiro, Quixadá], Espírito Santo [Viana], Goiás [Alto Paraíso De Goiás, Anápolis, Aragarças, Bonfinópolis, Goianápolis, Leopoldo De Bulhões, Nerópolis, Pirenópolis, Senador Canedo, São João DAliança, Teresina De Goiás, Terezópolis De Goiás, Vianópolis], Maranhão [Barreirinhas, Carutapera, Caxias, Codó, São Luís], Mato Grosso [Acorizal, Campo Novo Do Parecis, Chapada Dos Guimarães, Cuiabá, Juína], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bodoquena, Corumbá, Ivinhema, Jardim, Miranda, Porto Murtinho], Minas Gerais [Araguari, Ingaí, Itamonte, Lagoa Santa, Nova Lima, Paraopeba, Passa Quatro, Passos, Santana Do Riacho, São João Del Rei, São Roque De Minas, Uberlândia, Viçosa], Paraná [Araucária, Campina Grande Do Sul, Campo Largo, Castro, Curitiba, Guarapuava, Lapa, Marumbi, Matinhos, Morretes, Piraquara, Ponta Grossa, São José Dos Pinhais, Tijucas Do Sul, União Da Vitória], Paraíba [Guarabira, Mamanguape, São José Dos Cordeiros], Pará [Anajás, Aveiro, Belém, Bragança, Chaves, Conceição Do Araguaia, Itaituba, Jacareacanga, Marituba, Mocajuba, Novo Progresso, Oriximiná, Parauapebas, Salinópolis, Santarém, Óbidos], Pernambuco [Buíque, Caetés, Camaragibe, Caruaru, Paranatama, Pedra, Venturosa], Piauí [Parnaíba, Santa Filomena], Rio Grande do Norte [Natal, Pedro Velho], Rio Grande do Sul [Alegrete, Cambará Do Sul, Canela, Canguçu, Capão Da Canoa, Caçapava Do Sul, Esteio, Gramado, Guaíba, Lavras Do Sul, Nova Petrópolis, Osório, Pelotas, Pinheiro Machado, Piratini, Planalto, Porto Alegre, Quaraí, Rio Grande, Rosário Do Sul, Sant Ana Do Livramento, Santana Da Boa Vista, São Francisco De Paula, São Lourenço Do Sul, São Marcos, Tenente Portela, Uruguaiana, Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [Rio De Janeiro, Teresópolis], Rondônia [Costa Marques, Pimenta Bueno, Porto Velho, Santa Luzia DOeste, Vilhena], Roraima [Pacaraima], Santa Catarina [Blumenau, Campo Alegre, Florianópolis, Joinville, Mafra, Seara, São Francisco Do Sul, Três Barras], Sergipe [Areia Branca, Canindé De São Francisco, Itabaiana], São Paulo [Atibaia, Bariri, Barueri, Batatais, Bauru, Bragança Paulista, Brodowski, Cajuru, Campinas, Campos Do Jordão, Corumbataí, Cosmópolis, Cotia, Cubatão, Cássia Dos Coqueiros, Franca, Guarulhos, Guatapará, Iguape, Ilhabela, Itapetininga, Itu, Jaboticabal, Jundiaí, Juquiá, Luís Antônio, Moji Mirim, Monte Alegre Do Sul, Patrocínio Paulista, Pedregulho, Peruíbe, Piracicaba, Pirassununga, Ribeirão Preto, Rifaina, Rio Claro, Salesópolis, Santa Rita Do Passa Quatro, Santo André, Sertãozinho, Sete Barras, São Carlos, São José Do Barreiro, São Paulo, São Roque, São Sebastião, São Vicente, Tambaú, Teodoro Sampaio, Ubatuba], Tocantins [Esperantina]), Chile, Colombia (Boyaca, Cauca, Magdalena), Costa Rica (Guanacaste, San José), Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador (El Oro, Ilhas Galápagos, Napo), El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala (Guatemala), Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Léon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama (Chiriquí), Paraguay (Caaguazú), Peru (Amazonas, Ancash, Arequipa, Cuzco, Huánuco, Junín, Lambayeque, Lima, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, Piura, San Martín), Puerto Rico, Saba & Sint Eustatius (= Neth. Leew. Is.), Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands, Saint Martin & St. Barthelemy, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela (Mérida)

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Available SubGenus

Xylocopa (Calloxylocopa) Hurd & Moure, 1963
Xylocopa (Cirroxylocopa) Hurd & Moure, 1963
Xylocopa (Ctenoxylocopa) Michener, 1942
Xylocopa (Dasyxylocopa) Hurd & Moure, 1963
Xylocopa (Diaxylocopa) Hurd & Moure, 1963
Xylocopa (Ioxylocopa) Hurd & Moure, 1963
Xylocopa (Megaxylocopa) Hurd & Moure, 1963
Xylocopa (Monoxylocopa) Hurd & Moure, 1963
Xylocopa (Nanoxylocopa) Hurd & Moure, 1963
Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) Michener, 1954
Xylocopa (Notoxylocopa) Hurd, 1956
Xylocopa (Schonnherria) Lepeletier, 1841
Xylocopa (Stenoxylocopa) Hurd & Moure, 1960
Xylocopa (Xylocopina) Hurd & Moure, 1963
Xylocopa (Xylocopoda) Hurd & Moure, 1963
Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) Michener, 1954
Xylocopa (Xylocopsis) Hurd & Moure, 1963
Xylocopa (Xylocospila) Hurd & Moure, 1963