Xylocopa (Schonnherria) subcyanea Pérez 1901: 74–75

Fig. 21

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,