Xylocopa (Schonnherria) subcyanea Pérez 1901: 74–75

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 : 10

Xylocopa (Schonnherria) subcyanea Pérez 1901: 74–75

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Known distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, São Paulo), Paraguay, Uruguay ( Hurd 1978: 25). Type locality: “ Brésil (Province de Matto-Grosso)” ( Pérez 1901: 75)

Material examined. Brazil: Pará: Cachimbo , VI.1962, M. Alvarenga and F. M. Oliveira (5 ♂) ; Conceição do Araguaia , II.1960, J. S. P. Costa (3 ♀, 4 males), VII.1959, M. Alvarenga (7 ♂), Óbidos, IX.1959, F. M. Oliveira (2 ♀, 1 ♂) .

Notes. The female of this small-bodied species can be readily separated from the other small-bodied species of subgenus Schonnherria in the Amazon basin by the hyaline (as opposed to darkly pigmented) wings,

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.