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Subgenus Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) Gribodo, 1894

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

ANTHOPHORIDAE: Xylocopa bryorum (Fabricius, 1775) — Lieftinck, M.A. 1957. The identity of some Fabrician types of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) 1B. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Wetenschappen C 60: 441-450 [Date published 31/12/1957] (Malaysian—type described from 'Nova Hollandia', the label is incorrect)

ANTHOPHORIDAE: Xylocopa muscaria (Fabricius, 1775) — Hurd, P.D., Jr & Moure, J.S. 1963. A classification of the large carpenter bees (Xylocopini) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). University of California Publications in Entomology 29: 1-365 [Date published 31/12/1963] (South America—type described from 'Nova Hollandia', the label is incorrect)

ANTHOPHORIDAE: Xylocopa simillima Smith, 1854 — Hurd, P.D., Jr & Moure, J.S. 1963. A classification of the large carpenter bees (Xylocopini) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). University of California Publications in Entomology 29: 1-365 [Date published 31/12/1963] (South America—type described from 'Australia', the label is incorrect)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

S Palaearctic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2023 APIFORMES 08-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Ken Walker (NMV)
26-Jun-2023 APIDAE 08-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
22-Oct-2015 APOIDEA (s. l.) 08-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
22-Oct-2015 08-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012 08-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
08-Mar-2024 MODIFIED