( Fabricius 1804: 351 ) New records and diagnostic notes on large carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: genus Xylocopa Latreille), from the Amazon River basin of South America Mawdsley, Jonathan R. Insecta Mundi 2018 2018-05-25 631 1 15 5CKPK (Fabricius 1804: 351) Fabricius 351 1804 [192,950,217,241] Insecta Apidae Xylocopa Animalia Hymenoptera 5 4 Arthropoda species aurulenta Neoxylocopa   Fig. 3   Known distribution. Brazil( Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Guapore, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio Branco, Rondônia), Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname( Hurd 1978: 48). Typelocality: “America meridionali” ( Fabricius 1804: 351).   Material examined.  Brazil: Amazonas: Tapuruquara,  X.1954, A. Aguirre( 1 ♀),   VI.1963, L. Guidani( 58 ♀),  Tefé,  XI.1959( 1 ♀);  Pará: Belem,  X.1954, O. Rego( 1 ♀),  X.1955( 1 ♀),  6.X.1954( 1 ♀),  XI.1960( 1 ♀), Brancanca,  22.III.1956, M. C. Oliveira( 1 ♀), Curusamba, Óbidos,  VII.1955, J. Brazilino( 1 ♀),  1.VIII.1954, J. Brazilino( 1 ♀), Fordlândia,  I.1956, R. Damageno ( 1 ♀), Mosqueiro,  29.VIII.1954, N. Cerqueira( 1 ♀).  Notes.This species belongs to a well-defined South American species group whose females have orange pubescence on the mesosoma. Moure (1949)provides a key to several species in this group, which however does not include  X. (N.) aurulenta. Females of this species can be readily separated from those of the other Amazon basin species in this group by the lack of orange pubescence on the first metasomal tergite. 2574962253 [460,1154,434,459] 1954-10 A. Aguirre Brazil Tapuruquara 5 4 1 1 Amazonas 2574962257 1963-06 L. Guidani 5 4 58 58 2574962356 [235,465,468,492] 1959-11 Tefe 5 4 1 1 2574962262 1954-08-01 1960-11 1954-08-01 R Para & Belem & O. Rego & Brancanca & M. C. Oliveira & Curusamba & Obidos & J. Brazilino & Fordlandia & N. Cerqueira 5 4 9 9