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Xylocopa (Schonnherria) simillima Smith, 1854

Xylocopa simillima Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [357] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.196 <F>.
Type locality: 'Australia'.

Xylocopa mendax Maidl, F. (1912). Die Xylocopa (Holzbienen) des Wiener Hofmuseums. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 26 (3-4): 249-330 [319] .
Type data: syntype NMW <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, 'Rio Grande'.

Xylocopa rotundiscuta Brèthes, J. (1916). Le genre “Xylocopa” Latreille dans la République Argentine. Physis (B. Aires) 2: 407-421 [418] .
Type data: syntype MACN <F>.
Type locality: Argentina, Misiones.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil (Acre, Amazonas [Santa Isabel Do Rio Negro, Tefé], Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pará [Belém, Mocajuba, Santarém, Óbidos], Rio Grande do Sul [Osório], Rondônia [Costa Marques, Porto Velho, Vilhena], Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Paraguay, Peru

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. (1922). Descriptions and records of bees. XCIV. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 9: 660-668 [668] (Taxonomy (redescription of type female))
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [218]
Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Moure, J. S. (1961). Systematics of the carpenter bee types (genus Xylocopa Latreille) contained in the collections of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 34 (4): 181-195 [190-191] (Taxonomy (tax. status, synonymy))
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 [309, 314, 315] (Taxonomy (figs. 107-109, synonymy, male genitalia))
Marchi, P. & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (2013). The bees of the genus Xylocopa Latreille (Xylocopini, Apidae) of São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotrop. 13 (2): 249-269 [259] (Distribution)
Mawdsley, J.R. (2018). New records and diagnostic notes on large carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: genus Xylocopa Latreille), from the Amazon River basin of South America. Insecta Mundi 631: 1-15 [10] (Disribution)
Moure, J. S. (1946). Notas sobre as mamangabas. Bol. Agricola (Curitiba) 4 (12/13): 21-50 + 3 plates [13] (Descriptive note)
Schlindwein, C., Schlumpberger, B., Wittmann, D. & Moure, J. S. (2003). O gênero Xylocopa Latreille no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 47 (1): 107-118 [113, 116] (Distribution, key)
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [151] (Distribution)
Smith, F. (1874). Monograph of the genus Xylocopa, Latr. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1874: 247-307 [281]
Strand, E. (1909). Beitrag zur Bienenfauna von Paraguay. (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 227-237 [230]
Strand, E. (1910). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Hymenopterenfauna von Paraguay. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 455-562 [458]

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