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Xylocopa (Notoxylocopa) illota Cockerell, 1919
Xylocopa rufina illota Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [169] .
Type data: holotype USNM 20699 <F>.
Type locality: Mexico [Veracruz].

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Mexico (Chiapas, Distrito Federal, Oaxaca, 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 [2] (Citation (as illiota))
Janzen, D. H. (1964). Notes on the behavior of four subspecies of the carpenter bee, Xylocopa (Notoxylocopa) tabaniformis, in Mexico. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 57: 296-301 [296-298] (Biology (figs. 1-2, nest, flight and foraging behavior))
Janzen, D. H. (1966). Notes on the behavior of the carpenter bee Xylocopa fimbriata in Mexico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 39 (4): 633-641 [639] (Biology)
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 [181, 194-195] (Taxonomy (figs. 1, 30-32, , , key, redescription))

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