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Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) Michener, 1954
Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 1-175 [155] .
Type species: Apis virginica Linnaeus, 1771 by original designation.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Distrito Federal, Durango, México, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora), United States of America (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah); Neotropical Region: Mexico (Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz)

References

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 [1-7] (Taxonomy (fig. 1, tax. characters), biology (species formation))
Hurd, P. D., Jr. (1961). A synopsis of the carpenter bees belonging to the subgenus Xylocopoides Michener (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 87: 247-257 + 2 plates [247-257] (Taxonomy (2 pls, synopsis))
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. [36-44] (Taxonomy, notes on biology and distribution, species catalog)
Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Moure, J. S. (1961). Some problems of species formation in the carpenter bee genus Xylocopa Latreille (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Actas y Trabajos del 1er. Congr. Sud-Amer. Zool., La Plata 3: 77-82 [77-82] (Biology (species formation))
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 [16-18, 135-142] (Taxonomy (figs. 9, 12, 16, 36, 46, 137-145, 147, 151, subgeneric description, keys to included spp. and subspp.), biology (nesting substrates, species formation, references to nesting habits))

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023

Available Species

Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) arizonensis Cresson, 1879
Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) cyanea Smith, 1874
Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) pallidiscopa Hurd, 1961