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Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) carbonaria Smith, 1854
Xylocopa carbonaria Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [358] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.194 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Rio Tapajós.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão [Barreirinhas], Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pará [Itaituba, Novo Progresso, Santarém], Rio Grande do Norte)

References

Brèthes, J. (1916). Le genre “Xylocopa” Latreille dans la République Argentine. Physis (B. Aires) 2: 407-421 [408, 410, 412, 420] (Taxonomy (, key, tax. characters, records it from Misiones, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1926). Descriptions and records of bees. CXI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 17: 657-665 [659, 660] (Taxonomy (, tax. characters, notes on type))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1935). The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 28. The carpenter bees of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4) 21 (28): 379–382 [379] (Distribution)
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [208]
Ducke, A. (1910). Zur Synonymie der neotropischen Apidae. (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1910: 362-369 [364] (Taxonomy (tax. status based on examination of type; states that it is common in lower Amazon River area))
Enderlein, G. (1913). Zur Kenntnis der Xylocopen Südamerikas und übereinen Zwitter von Xylocopa ordinaria. Arch. Naturgesch., Abt. A 79 (2): 156-170 [165] (Taxonomy (confounds it with ciliata))
Friese, H. (1906). Resultate einer Reise des Herrn A. C. Jensen-Haarup in die Gegend von Mendoza (Argentina). Flora Fauna 8 (3): 89-102 [91] (Taxonomy (, records it from Mendoza, Argentina, as brasilianorum var. carbonaria))
Friese, H. (1921). Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 82: 73-98 [75, 78] (Taxonomy (, , records it from Costa Rica at the flowers of Leonurus sibiricus))
Gostinski, L.F., Carvalho, G.C.A., Rêgo, M.M.C. & Albuquerque, P.M.C. (2016). Species richness and activity pattern of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in the resting area of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Barreirinhas, Maranhão, Brazil. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 60: 319-327 [321] (Distribution)
Hurd, P. D., Jr. (1958). The carpenter bees of the eastern Pacific oceanic islands (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 31 (4): 249-255 [251] (Distribution)
Maidl, F. (1912). Die Xylocopa (Holzbienen) des Wiener Hofmuseums. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 26 (3-4): 249-330 [311, 316] (Taxonomy (, records it from Paraguay, apparently having confused it with artifex, as carbonaria?))
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 [4] (Distribution)
Moure, J. S. & J. M. F. Camargo (1988). Uma nova espécie de Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) do Brasil (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 32 (2): 209-214 [214] (Citation, comparative note)
Schrottky, C. (1902). Ensaio sobre as abelhas solitarias do Brazil. Rev. Mus. Paul. 5: 330-613 [467] (Taxonomy (cites as synonym of colona))
Schrottky, C. (1913). La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286 [252] (Taxonomy (as brasilianorum))
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 [287] (Taxonomy (, tax. characters))
Strand, E. (1910). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Hymenopterenfauna von Paraguay. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 455-562 [503]

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