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Xylocopa virginica (Linnaeus, 1771)

Xylocopa virginica Drury - Viereck, 1906Viereck, H.L. 1906. Notes and descriptions of Hymenoptera from the western United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (2):173-247. (distribution); Michener, 1947Michener, C.D. 1947. Bees of a limited area in southern Mississippi (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). The American Midland Naturalist 38 (2):443-455. (distribution).
Apis virginica Linnaeus, 1771:450, Ackerman, 1916Ackerman, A.J. 1916. The Carpenter-Bees of the United States of the genus Xylocopa. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 24 (3):196-232.:216, location unknown to writer. - As Bombus virginicus: - Smith, 1854Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl. (distribution); Cresson, 1863Cresson, E.T. 1863. A communication on some Bombus with description of a new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2 (3):164-166. (distribution); Handlirsch, 1888Handlirsch, A. 1888. Die Hummelsammlung des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 3:209-250. (distribution); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. The bees of Kansas. Entomological News 10 (1):3-4. (distribution). - As Xylocopa virginica: - Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); Smith, 1874Smith, F. 1874. Monograph of the genus Xylocopa, Latr. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London :247-302. (distribution); Burmeister, 1876Burmeister, H. 1876. Die Xylocopa-Arten des La Plata-Gebietes. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 37:152-183. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Friese, 1902Friese, H. 1902. Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 1-2:196-201. (distribution); Ackerman, 1916Ackerman, A.J. 1916. The Carpenter-Bees of the United States of the genus Xylocopa. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 24 (3):196-232. (distribution); Hurd, 1955Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1955. The carpenter bees of California (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Bulletin of the California insect survey 4 (2):35-72. (distribution); Owens et al., 2018Owens, B.E., L. Allain, E.C. van Gorder, J.L. Bossart & C.E. Carlton 2018. The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Louisiana: An updated, annotated checklist. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (2):272-307. (distribution).
Apis virginicus sensu Olivier, 1789 - Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641.:520 ( listed as synonym of Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863).Apis virginicus sensu Olivier, 1789 - Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641.:520 ( listed as synonym of Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863). - As Apis virginica: - Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:527 ( listed as synonym of Bombus griseocollis (De Geer, 1773)). - As Bombus virginicus: - Cresson, 1863Cresson, E.T. 1863. List of North American species of Bombus and Apathus. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2:83-116. (distribution); Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution).
Bombus virginicus Fabricius, 1804 = Linnaeus:346 - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641.:520 ( listed as synonym of Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863).Bombus virginicus Fabricius, 1804 = Linnaeus:346 - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641.:520 ( listed as synonym of Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863).

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Area distribution map

map of Xylocopa virginica (Linnaeus, 1771)

Distribution

BRABrazil
 (Burmeister, 1876)
CANCanada
 (Cresson, 1863 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Bombus virginicus Fabricius, 1804 = Linnaeus])
CAN-QuéCanada - Québec
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
CUBCuba
 (Smith, 1874; Dalla Torre, 1896; Friese, 1902; Ackerman, 1916)
USAUnited States
 (Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Bombus virginicus Fabricius, 1804 = Linnaeus]; Ackerman, 1916)
USA-ALUnited States - Alabama
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-CTUnited States - Connecticut
 (Cresson, 1863 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-DEUnited States - Delaware
 (Cresson, 1863 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Smith, 1854; Smith, 1874; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)]; Hurd, 1955)
USA-GAUnited States - Georgia
 (Handlirsch, 1888)
USA-IAUnited States - Iowa
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
 (Cresson, 1863 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Cockerell, 1899; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-LAUnited States - Louisiana
 (Owens et al., 2018)
USA-MAUnited States - Massachusetts
 (Handlirsch, 1888)
USA-MDUnited States - Maryland
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-MEUnited States - Maine
 (Hurd, 1955)
USA-MOUnited States - Missouri
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-MSUnited States - Mississippi
 (Cresson, 1863 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)]; Michener, 1947 [as Xylocopa virginica Drury])
USA-MTUnited States - Montana
 (Cresson, 1863 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-NEUnited States - Nebraska
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
 (Cresson, 1863; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-NVUnited States - Nevada
 (Handlirsch, 1888; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-NYUnited States - New York
 (Cresson, 1863 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-PAUnited States - Pennsylvania
 (Cresson, 1863 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1863 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)]; Cresson, 1872; Cresson, 1872 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)]; Smith, 1874; Viereck, 1906 [as Xylocopa virginica Drury]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-VAUnited States - Virginia
 (Smith, 1874)
USA-WAUnited States - Washington
 (Cresson, 1863 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])
USA-WIUnited States - Wisconsin
 (Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Bombus virginicus (sensu Olivier, 1789)])

Literature

  • Ackerman, A.J. 1916. The Carpenter-Bees of the United States of the genus Xylocopa. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 24 (3):196-232.
  • Burmeister, H. 1876. Die Xylocopa-Arten des La Plata-Gebietes. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 37:152-183.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. The bees of Kansas. Entomological News 10 (1):3-4.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1863. A communication on some Bombus with description of a new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2 (3):164-166.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1863. List of North American species of Bombus and Apathus. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2:83-116.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Friese, H. 1902. Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 1-2:196-201.
  • Handlirsch, A. 1888. Die Hummelsammlung des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 3:209-250.
  • Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1955. The carpenter bees of California (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Bulletin of the California insect survey 4 (2):35-72.
  • Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa plantarum : Generum editionis VI. & specierum editionis II. 1-587.
  • Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641.
  • Michener, C.D. 1947. Bees of a limited area in southern Mississippi (Hymenoptera; Apoidea). The American Midland Naturalist 38 (2):443-455.
  • Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.
  • Owens, B.E., L. Allain, E.C. van Gorder, J.L. Bossart & C.E. Carlton 2018. The bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Louisiana: An updated, annotated checklist. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (2):272-307.
  • Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl.
  • Smith, F. 1874. Monograph of the genus Xylocopa, Latr. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London :247-302.
  • Viereck, H.L. 1906. Notes and descriptions of Hymenoptera from the western United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (2):173-247.