Xylocopa (Schonnherria) viridis Smith 1854: 360

Mawdsley, Jonathan 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, pp. 1-15 : 11

Xylocopa (Schonnherria) viridis Smith 1854: 360

Fig. 23

Known distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Ceará, Guapore, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Santa Catarina), Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, México, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname ( Hurd 1978: 28). Type locality: “ Brazil (Rio Tapajos)” ( Smith 1854: 360).

Material examined. Bolivia: Beni, Rurrenabaque, W. M. Mann, 1921-1922, Mulford Biological Expedition (1 ♂) , 175 meters, 5.X.1956, L. Pena (1 ♂) . Brazil: Amazonas: Manaus , X.1959, C. Ellas (1 ♂) , XI.1959, C. Ellas (2 ♂) , Tefé , I.1962, B. Carvalho (1 ♂) ; Pará: Colônia Rio Branco , Óbidos , X.1959, J. Brazilino (1 ♂), F. M. Oliveira (1 ♂), Óbidos, 1962, F. M. Oliveira (1 ♂). Peru: Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, 3.IX.1962 (1 ♂) ; Tingo Maria , Huanuco, 2200 feet, 26.V.1947 (1 ♂) .

Notes. The presence of pale yellowish-brown pubescence on the mesosoma will separate females of this species from the other Amazon basin species of subgenus Schonnherria , which generally have dark brownish-black to black mesosomal pubescence.

Figures

Figures 14–23. Dorsal habitus photographs of pinned, preserved specimens of females of Xylocopa (Schonnherria) species from the Amazon River basin, from the USNM collection. 14) X. (S.) dimidiata. 15) X. (S.) lucida. 16) X. (S.) macrops. 17) X. (S.) metallica. 18) X. (S.) muscaria. 19) X. (S.) ornata. 20) X. (S.) simillima. 21) X. (S.) subcyanea. 22) X. (S.) varians. 23) X. (S.) viridis.