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Xylocopa (Megaxylocopa) frontalis (Olivier, 1789)
Apis frontalis Olivier, A. G. (1789). Abeille pp. 46-84 in M. M. Diderot & D' Alembert (ed.) Encyclopédie Métodique. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes Vol. 4. Paris: Pankouke 331 pp. [64] (primary homonym of Apis frontalis Villers, 1789) .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <F>.
Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne.

Xylocopa fasciata Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [202] .
Type data: holotype MNHP <M>.
Type locality: Brazil.

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

Xylocopa frontalis quadrimaculata Meunier, F. (1890). Observations sur quelques apides d' Ecuador. J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. (Lisboa) (2) 2 (5): 63-65 [64] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <M>.
Type locality: Ecuador, Pichincha, Quito.

Xylocopa morio callichlora Cockerell, T. D. A. (1911). Descriptions and records of bees XXXVIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 8(8): 282-290 [287] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F>.
Type locality: Peru, Piura.

Xylocopa frontalis var. coeruleomicans Enderlein, G. (1913). Zur Kenntnis der Xylocopen Südamerikas und übereinen Zwitter von Xylocopa ordinaria. Arch. Naturgesch., Abt. A 79 (2): 156-170 [158] .
Type data: holotype MIZ <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Espírito Santo.

Xylocopa frontalis var. viridimicans Enderlein, G. (1913). Zur Kenntnis der Xylocopen Südamerikas und übereinen Zwitter von Xylocopa ordinaria. Arch. Naturgesch., Abt. A 79 (2): 156-170 [158] .
Type data: holotype MIZ <F>.
Type locality: Panama, Chiriquí.

Xylocopa frontalis fabricii Cockerell, T. D. A. (1926). Descriptions and records of bees. CXI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 17: 657-665 [658] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <F>.
Type locality: French Guiana, Maroni.

Xylocopa frontalis roseata Cockerell, T. D. A. (1926). Descriptions and records of bees. CXI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 17: 657-665 [658] .
Type data: syntype USNM <F>.
Type locality: Ecuador.

Xylocopa frontalis trinitatis Cockerell, T. D. A. (1926). Descriptions and records of bees. CXI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 17: 657-665 [658] .
Type data: syntype AMNH <M>.
Type locality: Trinidad and Tobago.

Xylocopa frontalis var. obscuripennis Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [484] .
Type data: holotype USNM 58894 <M>.
Type locality: Honduras, Zamorano.

Xylocopa frontalis var. purpureipennis Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [484] .
Type data: holotype USNM 58893 <M>.
Type locality: Honduras, Zamorano.

Xylocopa americana Prance, G. T. (1976). The pollination and androphore structure of some Amazonian Lecythidaceae. Biotropica 8 (4): 235-241 [238] (nom. nud.) .

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones, Salta), Bolivia (Cochabamba, El Beni, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Acre, Alagoas, Amapá [Macapá, Mazagão], Amazonas [Itacoatiara, Manaus], Bahia [Esplanada, Feira De Santana, Itatim, Juazeiro], Ceará [Baturité, Guaramiranga, Quixadá], Espírito Santo, Goiás [Anápolis, Bonfinópolis, Goianápolis, Leopoldo De Bulhões, Nerópolis, Senador Canedo, Terezópolis De Goiás], Maranhão [Barreirinhas, Carutapera, São Luís], Mato Grosso [Campo Novo Do Parecis, Juína], Mato Grosso do Sul [Corumbá, Miranda], Minas Gerais [Araguari, Nova Lima, Uberlândia], Paraná, Paraíba, Pará [Belém, Chaves, Parauapebas, Óbidos], Pernambuco [Camaragibe, Caruaru], Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul [Caçapava Do Sul, Guaíba, Nova Petrópolis, Pelotas, Porto Alegre, Quaraí, Rio Grande, Santana Da Boa Vista, São Lourenço Do Sul, São Marcos, Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [Rio De Janeiro], Rondônia [Porto Velho], Roraima, Santa Catarina [Joinville, São Francisco Do Sul], Sergipe [Areia Branca], São Paulo [Atibaia, Bauru, Bragança Paulista, Cajuru, Campinas, Corumbataí, Cosmópolis, Cássia Dos Coqueiros, Franca, Guarulhos, Guatapará, Iguape, Ilhabela, Itapetininga, Itu, Jaboticabal, Jundiaí, Luís Antônio, Piracicaba, Ribeirão Preto, Rifaina, Rio Claro, Salesópolis, Santa Rita Do Passa Quatro, Sete Barras, São Carlos, São Paulo, São Sebastião, Teodoro Sampaio, Ubatuba], Tocantins [Esperantina]), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Distrito Federal, Veracruz), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru (Amazonas, Ancash, Cuzco, Huánuco, Junín, Lambayeque, Lima, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Piura), Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

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