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Xylocopa (Schonnherria) micans Lepeletier, 1841
Apis nasuta 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. [130] (This name was included, with reservation, in the synonymy of Xylocopa micans by Dalla Torre (1896:214). It apparently was not used as the valid name for this species due to secondary homonymy with Nomada nasuta Scopoli, 1770 used in the combination Apis nasuta by Gmelin (1790:2796)) .
Type data: syntype whereabouts unknown <F>.
Type locality: 'Wont in verschiedenen Provinzen von Europa'.

Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [208] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <M>.
Type locality: 'Caroline'.

Xylocopa vidua Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [210] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <F>.
Type locality: USA, 'Caroline'.

Xylocopa purpurea Cresson, E. T. (1872). Hymenoptera Texana. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 4: 153-292 [284] .
Type data: syntype ANSP <F>.
Type locality: USA, Texas.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: United States of America (Texas); Neotropical Region: Guatemala, Mexico (Tamaulipas)

References

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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] (Citation)
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Maidl, F. (1912). Die Xylocopa (Holzbienen) des Wiener Hofmuseums. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 26 (3-4): 249-330 [19-26] (Morphology (figs. 1-5, gynandromorph))
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Moure, J. S. (1949). Notas sobre algunas abejas de Tacanas, Tucumán, Argentina. II. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 20 (1-3): 437-460 [450] (Taxonomy (, key))
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