APIDAE Apinae Xylocopini Xylocopina Xylocopa
Xylocopa (Notoxylocopa) Hurd, 1956
Xylocopa (Notoxylocopa)
Hurd, P. D., Jr. (1956). Notes on the subgenera of the New World carpenter bees of the genus Xylocopa (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Am. Mus. Novit. 1776: 1-7 [2] .
Type species: Xylocopa tabaniformis Smith, 1854
by original designation.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, México, Nuevo León, Sinaloa), United States of America (Texas); Neotropical Region: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala (Guatemala), Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua, Panama
References
Hurd, P. D., Jr. (1978). An Annotated Catalog of the Carpenter Bees (Genus Xylocopa Latreille) of the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press 106 pp. [30-36] (Taxonomy, notes on biology and distribution, species catalog)
Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Moure, J. S. (1963). A classification on the large carpenter bees (Xylocopini) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 29: 1-365 [131-135] (Taxonomy (figs. 131-136, subgeneric characters))
Janzen, D. H. (1968). Notes on nesting and foraging behavior of Megalopta (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Costa Rica. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 41 (3): 324-350 [343] (Note)
O'Brien, L. M. & Hurd, P. D., Jr. (1965). Carpenter bees of the subgenus Notoxylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 58 (2): 175-196 [175-196] (Revision (38 figs., included spp, nesting substrates, summary of biological information))
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023
Available Species
Xylocopa (Notoxylocopa) azteca Cresson, 1878
Xylocopa (Notoxylocopa) guatemalensis Cockerell, 1912
Xylocopa (Notoxylocopa) illota Cockerell, 1919
Xylocopa (Notoxylocopa) melanosoma O’Brien & Hurd, 1963
Xylocopa (Notoxylocopa) melanura Cockerell, 1918
Xylocopa (Notoxylocopa) parkinsoniae Cockerell, 1917
Xylocopa (Notoxylocopa) sylvicola O’Brien & Hurd, 1965
Xylocopa (Notoxylocopa) tabaniformis Smith, 1854