Xylocopa (Schonnherria) muscaria (Fabricius 1775: 386)

Fig. 18

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.