The large carpenter bee <i>Xylocopa augusti</i> (Hymenoptera: Apidae): new record for Chile

The large carpenter bee Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) augusti Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1841, is here recorded for the first time in Chile. This new record increases to four the number of carpenter bees known for the country. Host plant associations for X. augusti in Chile are provided. A key to the spe...

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Autores principales: Montalva, José, Allendes, Juan L., Lucía, Mariano
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/99976
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/23081
https://journals.ku.edu/index.php/melittology/article/view/4480
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Sumario:The large carpenter bee Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) augusti Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1841, is here recorded for the first time in Chile. This new record increases to four the number of carpenter bees known for the country. Host plant associations for X. augusti in Chile are provided. A key to the species of Xylocopa Latreille in Chile as well as comments on the presence of X. (N.) bruesi Cockerell in the country are also presented.