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Xylocopa (Stenoxylocopa) artifex Smith, 1874
Xylocopa artifex Smith, F. (1874). Monograph of the genus Xylocopa, Latr. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1874: 247-307 [289] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.190 <F>.
Type locality: 'South Brazil'.

Xylocopa erratica Smith, F. (1874). Monograph of the genus Xylocopa, Latr. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1874: 247-307 [293] .
Type data: holotype BMNH <M>.
Type locality: 'South Brazil'.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Entre Rios, La Pampa, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta, Tucumán), Brazil (Espírito Santo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Paraná [Curitiba, Morretes, Piraquara], Rio Grande do Sul [Alegrete, Canela, Capão Da Canoa, Guaíba, Nova Petrópolis, Osório, Piratini, Planalto, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande, São Francisco De Paula, São Lourenço Do Sul, Tenente Portela, Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [Rio De Janeiro, Teresópolis], Santa Catarina [Florianópolis, São Francisco Do Sul], São Paulo [Barueri, Campos Do Jordão, Cotia, Jundiaí, Rio Claro, Salesópolis, São Paulo, São Sebastião]), Paraguay (Caaguazú), Uruguay

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