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O gênero Xylocopa Latreille no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae)

2003; Entomological Society of Brazil; Volume: 47; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0085-56262003000100016

ISSN

1806-9665

Autores

Clemens Schlindwein, Boris O. Schlumpberger, Dieter Wittmann, Jesús Santiago Moure,

Tópico(s)

Insect and Pesticide Research

Resumo

The genus Xylocopa Latreille in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae).A survey of the genus Xylocopa Latreille, 1802 is given for Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost State of Brazil.Data are based on several studies on the bee fauna of southern Brazil and on unpublished observations.A key is provided to the species (males and females) and information on distribution, nesting habits and relation to flowers.Rio Grande do Sul is strikingly rich in species of Xylocopa because of the diversity of habitats and its geographic position in the transition of tropical/subtropical to temperate climate.Nineteen species, classified into ten subgenera, have been recorded in Rio Grande do Sul.Here we maintain the subgenera Ioxylocopa, Megaxylocopa and Xylocospila, which were put into synonymy recently by Minckley (1998).The species are:

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