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 ( Neoxylocopa ) similis Smith 1874: 291 Fig. 11 Known distribution. Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru ( Hurd 1978: 68 ). Type locality: “Para” ( Smith 1874: 291 ). Material examined. Brazil : Amazonas : Benjamin Constant, VIII.1956 , I. C. Lima ( 2 ♀ ) , IX.1956 , I. C. Lima ( 2 ♀ ) , Manaus, VIII.1959 , Ellas ( 1 female ) , Tabatinga, X.1958 , F. M. Oliveira ( 1 ♀ ) , III.1959 , F. M. Oliveira ( 2 ♀ , 1 ♂ ) , Tefé, VIII.1959 , R . Carvalho ( 1 ♀ ) , XI.1959 , R . Carvalho ( 6 ♀ ) , XII.1959 , R . Carvalho ( 6 ♀ ) , 1-4.XII.1961 , F. M. Oliveira ( 2 ♀ ) ; Pará : Óbidos, V.1956 , F. M. Oliveira ( 1 ♀ ) . Notes. Females of this species are similar to those of X . ( N .) aurulenta but can be readily distinguished by the presence of orange pubescence on the first metasomal tergite, as described in the key.