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Xylocopa (Notoxylocopa) melanosoma O’Brien & Hurd, 1963
Xylocopa (Notoxylocopa) tabaniformis melanosoma O'Brien, L. M. & Hurd, P. D., Jr. (1963). A new subspecies of Xylocopa tabaniformis Smith from Mexico. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 39 (4): 275-276 [275] .
Type data: holotype CAS <M>.
Type locality: Mexico, Puebla, Highway 150, from 52 miles west of the Puebla-Veracruz boundary.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz), Nicaragua

References

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 [298-300] (Biology (fig. 1, territorial behavior at flowers being visited by females in early evening, commencing about sunset, flower piercing habits))
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, 182, 186] (Taxonomy (figs. 1, 11, 13, , , key, redescription))

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