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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.3699701
e23922d1-6f43-4280-8ac6-131767dc4464
1942-1354
3699701
8EB081BE-6413-4CE7-861C-97B4746E075A
Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) tegulata
Friese 1911: 686
Fig. 13
Known distribution.
Bolivia, Brazil (Mato Grosso), Peru (
Hurd 1978: 73
).
Type
locality: “Tarata (Bolivien)” (
Friese 1911: 686
).
Material examined.
Peru
: Tingo Maria,
670 m
,
X.1947
, Weyrauch (
2 ♀
)
.
Notes.
Females of this species can be readily recognized by the lighter pigmentation of the tegulae, which varies from reddish-orange to reddish-brown in the material examined and contrasts with the otherwise black pigmentation of the mesosoma.