New records and diagnostic notes on large carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: genus Xylocopa Latreille), from the Amazon River basin of South America Author Mawdsley, Jonathan R. text Insecta Mundi 2018 2018-05-25 631 1 15 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.3699701 e23922d1-6f43-4280-8ac6-131767dc4464 1942-1354 3699701 8EB081BE-6413-4CE7-861C-97B4746E075A Xylocopa ( Schonnherria ) macrops Lepeletier 1841: 209–210 Fig. 16 Known distribution. Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil (Amazonas, Ceará , Espírito Santo , Goiás , Guanabara, Guapore, Mato Grosso , Minas Gerais , Pará, Paraná , Rio de Janeiro , Rio Grande do Sul , Santa Catarina , São Paulo ), Colombia , Paraguay , Peru . Type locality: “ Brésil ” ( Lepeletier 1841: 210 ). Material examined. Brazil : Amazonas : Tefé , XII.1959 ( 1 ♀ ) ; Pará: Cachimbo, IX.1954 , M. Alvarenga ( 3 ♀ ), VII.1955 , J. A. Araujo ( 1 ♂ ), VI.1962 , M. Alvarenga and F. Oliveira ( 75 ♀ ), Conceição do Araguaia , II.1960 , J. S. P. Costa ( 13 ♀ , 2 ♂ ) . Notes. The matte black coloration and lack of iridescence on the wing apices, combined with the black metasomal coloration, will separate females of this species from the two other large-bodied species of subgenus Schonnherria in the Amazon basin, as noted in the key.