Xylocopa (Schonnherria) muscaria ( Fabricius 1775: 386 )

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 : 9

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3699701

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3705552

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scientific name

Xylocopa (Schonnherria) muscaria ( Fabricius 1775: 386 )
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Xylocopa (Schonnherria) muscaria ( Fabricius 1775: 386) View in CoL

Fig. 18 View Figures 14–23

Known distribution. Bolivia, Brazil (Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Guanabara, Guapore, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia, São Paulo), Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, México, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, Venezuela ( Hurd 1978: 21). Type locality: not indicated in original description, but Hurd and Moure (1963: 310) indicate that it was “almost certainly from the surroundings of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.”

Material examined. Bolivia: Beni, Rurrenabaque , 175 m, 17.X.1908, L. Pena (1 ♀), 1921–1922, Mulford Biological Expedition (1 ♀). Brazil: Amazonas: Benjamin Constant , IX.1955, I. C. Lima (1 ♀), Colonia Rio Branco, Óbidos , IV.1953, J. Brazilino (1 ♀), Manaus, Mann and Baker (1 ♀), V.1959, C. Ellas (2 ♀), VI.1959, C. Ellas (1 ♀), Tapuruquara, Uaupés , X.1954, A. Guirre (1 ♀), Tefé, XI.1959, R. Carvalho (6 ♀), XI.1960, R. Carvalho (1 ♀), 8.XII.1961, F. M. Oliveira (1 ♀) ; Amapá: Fazendinha, Macapa , VIII.1961, L. Silva (4 ♀), Oiapoque, V.1953, M. Alvarenga (3 ♀), VI.1959, C. Seabra (1 ♀) ; Pará: Belem, 13.V.1956, E. Lobato (1 ♀), 15.X.1964, W. D. Bennett, ex Solanum L. sp. ( Solanaceae ) (1 ♀), Belterra, Santarém, V.1960, M. Alvarenga (7 ♀), F. M. Oliveira (1 female), Cachimbo, VI.1962, M. Alvarenga and F. M. Oliveira (11 ♀, 2 ♂), Conceição do Araguaia , VII.1959, M. Alvarenga (2 ♀), Mangabeira, Mocajuba, VI.1953, O. Rego (2 ♀), Óbidos, V. 1959, F. M. Oliveira (1 ♀), VI.1956, J. Brazilino (1 ♀), XI.1950, J. Brazilino (1 ♀), XI.1954, F. M. Oliveira (1 ♀) ; Santarém , V.1950, F. M. Oliveira (20 ♀), IX.1955, M. Alvarenga (7 ♀), X.1955, M. Silva (2 ♀), M. Alvarenga (6 ♀), XI.1955, M. Silva (4 ♀), M. Alvarenga (12 ♀, 2 ♂) .

Notes. The female of this small-bodied species is easily recognized by the dense white pubescence on the gena.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Xylocopa

Loc

Xylocopa (Schonnherria) muscaria ( Fabricius 1775: 386 )

Mawdsley, Jonathan R. 2018
2018
Loc

Xylocopa (Schonnherria) muscaria ( Fabricius 1775: 386 )

Fabricius, J. C. 1775: 386
1775
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