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

Xylocopa (Schonnherria) muscaria ( Fabricius 1775: 386)

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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.

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.