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Xylocopa simillima Smith, 1854

Xylocopa simillima Smith, 1854:357, ♀. ♀, Australia, Lectotype (NHMUK, B.M. TYPE HYM. 17B. 196), designated by Villamizar et al., 2020Villamizar, G., F. Fernández & F. Vivallo 2020. Synopsis of the carpenter bee subgenus Xylocopa (Schonnherria) Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Colombia, with designation of lectotypes and the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4789 (2):301-347.:331. - Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (distribution); Gonzalez et al., 2009Gonzalez, V.H., M.M. Gonzalez & Y. Cuellar 2009. Notas biológicas y taxonómicas sobre los abejorros del maracuyá del género Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Xylocopini) en Colombia. Acta biol. Colomb. 14 (2):31-40. (distribution); Villamizar et al., 2020Villamizar, G., F. Fernández & F. Vivallo 2020. Synopsis of the carpenter bee subgenus Xylocopa (Schonnherria) Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Colombia, with designation of lectotypes and the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4789 (2):301-347. (distribution).
Xylocopa mendax Maidl, 1912:319, Syntype ♀ (NHMW). - Villamizar et al., 2020Villamizar, G., F. Fernández & F. Vivallo 2020. Synopsis of the carpenter bee subgenus Xylocopa (Schonnherria) Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Colombia, with designation of lectotypes and the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4789 (2):301-347.:329 ( listed as synonym of Xylocopa simillima Smith, 1854).
Xylocopa rotundiscuta Brèthes, 1916:418, Lectotype ♀ (MACN). - Villamizar et al., 2020Villamizar, G., F. Fernández & F. Vivallo 2020. Synopsis of the carpenter bee subgenus Xylocopa (Schonnherria) Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Colombia, with designation of lectotypes and the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4789 (2):301-347.:329 ( listed as synonym of Xylocopa simillima Smith, 1854).

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Area distribution map

map of Xylocopa simillima Smith, 1854

Distribution

ARGArgentina
 (Villamizar et al., 2020)
AUSAustralia
 (Smith, 1854)
BOLBolivia
 (Villamizar et al., 2020)
BRABrazil
 (Villamizar et al., 2020)
COLColombia
 (Smith-Pardo, 2003; Gonzalez et al., 2009; Villamizar et al., 2020)
PERPeru
 (Villamizar et al., 2020)

Literature

  • Gonzalez, V.H., M.M. Gonzalez & Y. Cuellar 2009. Notas biológicas y taxonómicas sobre los abejorros del maracuyá del género Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Xylocopini) en Colombia. Acta biol. Colomb. 14 (2):31-40.
  • Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl.
  • Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341.
  • Villamizar, G., F. Fernández & F. Vivallo 2020. Synopsis of the carpenter bee subgenus Xylocopa (Schonnherria) Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Colombia, with designation of lectotypes and the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4789 (2):301-347.