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Xylocopa (Megaxylocopa) fimbriata Fabricius, 1804
Xylocopa fimbriata Fabricius, J. C. (1804). Systema Piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae: Reichard 1-439 pp. [340] .
Type data: holotype ZMUC <F>.
Type locality: 'America meridionalis' [according to Moure (1960: 144), probably Guyana].

Xylocopa corniger Westwood, J. O. (1840). Foreign Bees pp. 260-301 in Duncan, J. (ed.) The Natural History of Bees, in W. Jardine (ed.) The Naturalist's Library. Edinburgh: Lizars 301 pp. [270] .
Type data: holotype OUM <F>.
Type locality: 'unknown'.

Xylocopa cajennae Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [203] .
Type data: syntype OUM <M>.
Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne.

Xylocopa cornuta Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [176] .
Type data: syntype MSNT <F>.
Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne.

Xylocopa virescens Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [186] .
Type data: holotype MSNT <F>.
Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne.

Xylocopa fimbriata var. motaguensis Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Descriptions and records of bees- XLIV. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 9: 554-568 [556] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <F>.
Type locality: Guatemala, Gualán.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Chihuahua, Distrito Federal, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora); Neotropical Region: Barbados, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Roraima [Pacaraima]), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Distrito Federal, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Léon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

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