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Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) varipuncta Patton, 1879
Xylocopa varipuncta Patton, W. H. (1879). Notes on three species of Xylocopa. Can. Entomol. 11 (3): 60 [60] .
Type data: syntype whereabouts unknown <F>.
Type locality: USA, Arizona.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Baja California, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas), United States of America (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico); Neotropical Region: Mexico (Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Puebla, San Luis Potosi)

References

Ayala, R., Griswold, T. L. & Yanega, D. (1996). Apoidea (Hymenoptera) pp. 423-464 in Llorente, J., García-Aldrete, A.N. & González-Soriano, E. (ed.) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos Mexicanos: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento. Mexico: IBUNAM/ UNAM/ CONABIO [463] (Listed and distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1902). Xylocopa varipuncta, Patt. Entomol. News 13 (10): 318 [318] (Taxonomy (geogr. record))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1904). New records of bees. Entomologist 37: 231-236 [234] (Biology (flower record))
Gerling, D., Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Hefetz, A. (1983). Comparative behavioral biology of two Middle East species of carpenter bees (Xylocopa Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 369: 1-33 [23] (Nest, citation)
Hurd, P. D., Jr. (1958). Observations on the nesting habits of some New World carpenter bees with remarks on their importance in the problem of species formation (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 51 (4): 365-375 [369] (Taxonomy (fig. 1, male flight, behavior, nesting substrates, as brasilianorum varipuncta))
Hurd, P. D., Jr. & Linsley, E. G. (1975). The principal Larrea bees of the southwestern United States (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 193: 1-74 [47-48] (Biology (tables 5, 7, 13, nectar visits at flowers of Larrea))
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 [27, 150, 362] (Taxonomy (figs. 17, 215-217, female head in frontal view, male genitalia), biology (nesting substrates and references to nesting habits))
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 [65-66] (Nest, distribution)
Maidl, F. (1912). Die Xylocopa (Holzbienen) des Wiener Hofmuseums. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 26 (3-4): 249-330 [310] (Taxonomy (geogr. record, as brasilianorum))
Sakagami, S. F. & Laroca, S. (1971). Observations on the bionomics of some neotropical xylocopine bees, with comparative and biofaunistic notes (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. VI. Zool. 18 (1): 57-127 [63] (Biology (table 2, duration of immature stages, as brasilianorum varipuncta))
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 [110] (Distribution)

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