Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) hirsutissima Maidl 1912: 315

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 : 5-6

Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) hirsutissima Maidl 1912: 315

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Known distribution. Bolivia, Brazil (Goiás, Guanabara, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, São Paulo), Paraguay ( Hurd 1978: 62). Type locality: “ Paraguay (San Luis)” ( Maidl 1912: 315).

Material examined. Brazil: Pará: Cachimbo , VI.1962, M. Alvarenga and F. M. Oliveira (1 ♀) ; Palmeiras , 8.X.1959, P. D. Hurd (1 ♂) ; Bahia: Nilo Peçanha , X.1955, A. A. Sousa (1 ♀) ; Rondônia: Vilhena , XI.1960, M. Alvarenga leg. (1 ♀) .

Notes. Females of this species can be readily recognized by the dense black pubescence over much of the mesonotal disc and the metasomal tergites, dark wings with violet iridescence, and overall body size which is larger (20.5 to 23.0 mm in overall body length in the material examined) than the similar X. (N.) carbonaria (which has overall body length of 17.0 to 18.6 mm).

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.