Xylocopa Augusti
''Xylocopa augusti'' is a species of carpenter bee. Description ''Xylocopa augusti'' can reach a length of about . These large and robust carpenter bees show a black body integument with conspicuous lateral ferruginous setae. Wings are dark brown with violet iridescence. Males are tawny, with two tufts of setae on the ventral surface of the metatibia. They can be encountered from December to March. They nest in wood and tree trunks. Floral association They are commonly associated to flowers of ''Passiflora'' species, but also of ''Agapanthus praecox'', ''Alstroemeria pulchra'', ''Cleome spinosa'', ''Parkinsonia aculeatam'', ''Quillaja saponaria'', ''Robinia pseudoacacia'', ''Solanum crispum'', ''Styphnolobium japonicum'', ''Eucalyptus'' sp. and ''Amaryllis'' sp. .Tellería, María CPOLEN RECOLECTADO POR XYLOCOPA AUGUSTI (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE) EN EL NOROESTE DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINADarwiniana;1999, Vol. 37 Issue 3/4, p253 Distribution This species can be found i ...
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Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population, seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and List of cities in Brazil by population, its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-major ...
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