Species Information - Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) augusti Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau,1841

Xylocopa ferruginea Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1841
Xylocopa augusti pterochloris Brèthes, 1916
Xylocopa guaranitica Brèthes, 1916

LEPELETIER, A. L. M. 1841. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp.
BRÈTHES, J. 1916. Le genre “Xylocopa” Latreille dans la République Argentine. Physis (B. Aires) 2: 407-421
LUCIA, M., AQUINO, D.A., HANSSON, C. & ABRAHAMOVICH, A.H. 2010. The first record of conopid flies (Diptera: Conopidae) and eulophid wasps (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) as parasitoids and hyperparasitoids associated with carpenter bees (Apidae: Xylocopinae) in Argentina. J. Apic. Research and Bee World 49(2): 208-211
LUCIA, M., REYNALDI, F. J., SGUAZZA, G. H., & ABRAHAMOVICHAMOVICH, A. H. . 2014. First detection of deformed wing virus in Xylocopa augusti larvae (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Argentina. J. Apic. Res, 53(4), 466-468.
LUCIA, M., ALVAREZ, L.J. & ABRAHAMOVICH, A.H. . 2014. Large carpenter bees in Argentina: systematics and notes on the biology o fXylocopa subgenus Neoxylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Zootaxa 3754 (3): 201-238
MARRERO, H. J., TORRETTA, J. P., & MEDAN, D. 2014. Effect of land use intensification on specialization in plant–floral visitor interaction networks in the Pampas of Argentina. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 188, 63-71.
LUCIA, M; VILLAMIL, S & GONZALEZ, V.H. 2015. A gynandromorph of Xylocopa augusti and an unusual record of X. iris from Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini). Journal of Melittology, 53:1-7.
LUCIA, M., TELLERIA, M.C., RAMELLO, P.J., & ABRAHAMOVICHVICH, A.H. . 2017. Nesting ecology and floral resource of Xylocopa augusti Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Argentina. Agric. For. Entomol. 19: 281-293
LUCIA, M., RAMELLO, P.J. & GONZALEZ, V.H . 2020. Brood development and nest parasitism of Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) augusti Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Apidae), a promising crop pollinator in Argentina J. Appl. Entomol., 144: 952-960