title: Large carpenter bees in Argentina: systematics and notes on the biology of Xylocopa subgenus Neoxylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae).
abstract: A systematic revision of the species of the genus Xylocopa subgenus Neoxylocopa in Argentina is provided. Seven species are included: X. atamisquensis Lucia & Abrahamovich, X. augusti Lepeletier, X. eximia Pérez, X. frontalis (Olivier), X. mendozana Enderlein, X. nigrocincta Smith and X. tacanensis Moure. The males of X. eximia and X. nigrocincta are described for the first time. Xylocopa jujuyensis Brèthes is a new junior synonym of X. nigrocincta. Photographs, occurrence maps, and identification keys for the species are presented. Information on the nest architecture and substratum preference are also given.
authors.affiliation: División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina. CONICET, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina.; Email: mlucia@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar.
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lucia
authors.forename: Leopoldo J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.affiliation: División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900FWA, La Plata, Argentina. CONICET, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina.; Email: mlucia@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar.
authors.forename: Alberto H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Abrahamovich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D001516:Bees / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009425:Nesting Behavior