+Moure's Bee Catalogue

Xylocopa (Schonnherria) grossa (Drury, 1770)

Apis grossa Drury, D. (1770). Illustrations of Natural History [.]. London: White Vol. 1 i-xxvii + 130 pp. [108] .
Type data: Type whereabouts unknown <F>.
Type locality: Jamaica.

Apis virens Christ, J. L. (1791). Naturgeschichte, Klassification, und Nomenclatur der Insekten vom Bienen, Wespen, und Ameisengeschlecht; als der fünften Klasse fünfte Ordnung des Linneischen Natursystems von dem Insekten: Hymenoptera. Frankfurt: Main 60 plates + 535 pp. [123] .
Type data: Type whereabouts unknown <F>.
Type locality: Jamaica.

Apis purpurascens Fabricius, J. C. (1793). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae: Christian Gottlieb Proft Vol. 2 1-519 pp. [325] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <F>.
Type locality: 'Mus. Britann.' [England].

Apis iricolor Kirby, W. (1802). Monographia apum Angliae; or, an attempt to divide into their natural genera and families, such species of the Linnean genus Apis as have been discovered in England: with descriptions and observations. Ipswich: White Vol. 2 388 pp. [310] .
Type data: holotype BMNH <F>.
Type locality: Jamaica.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Jamaica

References

Ashmead, W. H. (1900). Report upon the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the Islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 2: 207-367 [302] (Catalog, distribution)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [212]
Fabricius, J. C. (1804). Systema Piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae: Reichard 1-439 pp. [341] (Taxonomy (as purpurascens))
Friese, H. (1908). Beitrag zur Bienenfauna der Kleinen Antillen und der Bermudas. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere Supl. 11: 33-40 [38] (Taxonomy (geogr. range))
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 [307, 314, 318] (Taxonomy (figs. 89-91, male genitalia))
Illiger, K. (1806). William Kirby's Familien der bienenartigen Insekten mit Zusätzen, Nachweisungen und Bemerkungen. Mag. Insektenkd. (Illiger) 5: 28-175 [149, 152] (Taxonomy (as iricolor and purpurascens))
Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [185] (Taxonomy (, redescription, as iris))
Moure, J. S. (1960). Notes on the types of the Neotropical bees described by Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Stud. Entomol. (Rio J.) 3 (1-4): 97-160 [140-141] (Taxonomy (syn. bibliography, orig. descriptions of grossa, virescens and purpurascens quoted))
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [361] (Taxonomy (syn. bibliography))
Smith, F. (1874). Monograph of the genus Xylocopa, Latr. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1874: 247-307 [281-282] (Taxonomy (, , redescription, syn. bibliography))

How to cite this page
J. S. Moure & G. A. R. Melo, 2023. Xylocopini Latreille, 1802. In Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (Orgs). Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region - online version. Available at https://www.moure.cria.org.br/catalogue. Accessed Sep/18/2024

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