A gynandromorph of Xylocopa augusti and an unusual record of X. iris from Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini)

Authors

  • Mariano Lucia División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina. CONICET, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina.
  • Soledad Villamil Laboratorio de Estudios Apícolas, Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional del Sur, San Andrés 800, Altos del Palihue, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina
  • Victor H. Gonzalez University of Kansas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/jom.v0i53.4979

Keywords:

Anthophila, carpenter bees, Xylocopini, Apoidea, Apidae, Xylocopinae, Xylocopa

Abstract

We describe and illustrate for the first time a mixed gynandromorph of Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) augusti Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau from Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Also, we document and discuss a historical specimen of the Old World carpenter bee X. (Copoxyla) iris (Christ) possibly collected in Brazil.

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18-09-2015

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Lucia, M., Villamil, S., & Gonzalez, V. H. (2015). A gynandromorph of Xylocopa augusti and an unusual record of X. iris from Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini). Journal of Melittology, 53, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.17161/jom.v0i53.4979

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