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 ) metallica Smith 1874: 292 Fig. 17 Known distribution. Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Colombia, Suriname, Peru. Type locality: “Para” ( Smith 1874: 292 ). Material examined. Brazil : Amazonas : Rio Uaupés, 1906, H. Schmidt ( 1 ♀ ) . Notes. Females of this species are easily recognized by the presence of orange pubescence on metasomal tergites 3-6, combined with the presence of black pubescence on metasomal tergites 1–2.