Lucia Mariano, Gonzalez Victor H, Abrahamovich Alberto H
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Edificio Anexo Museo, Unidades de Investigación FCNyM, 122 y 60, 1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina. CONICET, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina.
Undergraduate Biology Program and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Haworth Hall, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66045, USA.
Zookeys. 2015 Dec 9(543):129-67. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.543.6300. eCollection 2015.
Biological information on the species of the large carpenter bee Xylocopa subgenus Schonnherria occurring in Argentina is revised. Based on the appraisal of museum specimens, the study of type material, and field surveys conducted across 15 provinces between 2007 and 2011, the following seven species are recognized for the country: Xylocopa bambusae Schrottky, Xylocopa chrysopoda Schrottky, Xylocopa macrops Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, Xylocopa simillima Smith Xylocopa splendidula Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, Xylocopa pulchra Smith, and Xylocopa viridis Smith. Previous literature records of Xylocopa dimidiata Latreille, Xylocopa subcyanea Pérez, and Xylocopa varians Smith for the province of Misiones appear to have been misidentified specimens, although the presence of these species in Argentina cannot be entirely ruled out given the proximity of this province to Brazil and Paraguay where they occur; Xylocopa boops Maidl was described from a male specimen with unusually enlarged eyes and is newly synonymized under Xylocopa macrops. Males and females of all species are diagnosed, described, and figured, including details of the male genitalia. Taxonomic comments, data on the geographical distribution and nesting substrates, and identification keys to all Argentinean species of Schonnherria are provided. The nesting biologies of Xylocopa splendidula and Xylocopa viridis are documented.
对阿根廷境内的大木蜂属（Xylocopa） Schönnherria亚属蜜蜂的生物学信息进行了修订。基于对馆藏标本的鉴定、模式标本研究以及2007年至2011年间在15个省份开展的野外调查，确认该国存在以下7个物种：竹大木蜂（Xylocopa bambusae Schrottky）、金足大木蜂（Xylocopa chrysopoda Schrottky）、大眼大木蜂（Xylocopa macrops Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau）、拟大木蜂（Xylocopa simillima Smith）、华丽大木蜂（Xylocopa splendidula Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau）、丽大木蜂（Xylocopa pulchra Smith）和绿大木蜂（Xylocopa viridis Smith）。米西奥内斯省之前有关半斑大木蜂（Xylocopa dimidiata Latreille）、亚青大木蜂（Xylocopa subcyanea Pérez）和杂色大木蜂（Xylocopa varians Smith）的文献记录似乎是误鉴标本，不过鉴于该省与这些物种所在的巴西和巴拉圭相邻，不能完全排除它们在阿根廷存在的可能性；巨眼大木蜂（Xylocopa boops Maidl）是根据一只眼睛异常增大的雄性标本描述的，现新同物异名于大眼大木蜂。对所有物种的雄性和雌性进行了诊断、描述并绘图，包括雄性生殖器的细节。提供了分类学评论、地理分布和筑巢基质数据以及所有阿根廷Schonnherria亚属物种的鉴定检索表。记录了华丽大木蜂和绿大木蜂的筑巢生物学。
