Xylocopa ( Neoxylocopa ) similis Smith 1874: 291

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 : 6

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scientific name	Xylocopa ( Neoxylocopa ) similis Smith 1874: 291
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Xylocopa ( Neoxylocopa) similis Smith 1874: 291 View in CoL

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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.