Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) tegulata Friese 1911: 686

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 : 7

Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) tegulata Friese 1911: 686

Fig. 13

Known distribution. Bolivia, Brazil (Mato Grosso), Peru ( Hurd 1978: 73). Type locality: “Tarata (Bolivien)” ( Friese 1911: 686).

Material examined. Peru: Tingo Maria, 670 m, X.1947, Weyrauch (2 ♀) .

Notes. Females of this species can be readily recognized by the lighter pigmentation of the tegulae, which varies from reddish-orange to reddish-brown in the material examined and contrasts with the otherwise black pigmentation of the mesosoma.

Figures

Figures 1–13. Dorsal habitus photographs of pinned, preserved specimens of females of Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) species from the Amazon River basin, from the USNM collection. 1) X. (N.) aeneipennis. 2) X. (N.) amazonica. 3) X. (N.) aurulenta. 4) X. (N.) carbonaria. 5) X. (N.) cearensis. 6) X. (N.) fimbriata. 7) X. (N.) frontalis. 8) X. (N.) grisescens. 9) X. (N.) hirsutissima. 10) X. (N.) orthogonaspis. 11) X. (N.) similis. 12) X. (N.) suspecta. 13) X. (N.) tegulata.