The large carpenter bee Xylocopa augusti (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: Montalva, José, Allendes, Juan L., Lucia, Mariano
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/23081
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/23081
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Apidae
Xylocopinae
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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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.