Apis nasuta Christ, 1791:130 - Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:507 ( listed as synonym of Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 1841); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2184 ( listed as synonym of Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 1841); Schwarz et al., 1996Schwarz, M., F. Gusenleitner, P. Westrich & H. Dathe 1996. Katalog der Bienen Österreichs, Deutschlands und der Schweiz (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Entomofauna Suppl. 8:1-398.:148 ( listed as synonym of Xylocopa iris (Christ, 1791)).
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Xylocopa vidua Lepeletier, 1841:210, ♀. ♀, Caroline (Musée de France et de M. le compte Dejean). - Smith, 1874Smith, F. 1874. Monograph of the genus Xylocopa, Latr. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London :247-302.:297 ( listed as synonym of Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 1841); 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.:212 ( listed as synonym of Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 1841); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:507 ( listed as synonym of Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 1841); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2184 ( listed as synonym of Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 1841).
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