New Cases of Gynandromorphism in Xylocopa Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Abstract

Gynandromorphism is the most common case of sexual anomaly reported in bees and

A new case of gynandromorphism in Xylocopa frontalis (Olivier) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with an updated review of records in Xylocopinae Latreille

“…Megachille Latreille) and carpenter bees (e.g. Xylocopa Latreille) (Wcislo et al 2004;Michez et al 2009;Hinojosa-Díaz et al 2012;Lucia and Gonzalez 2013;Vivallo 2015;Zama and Coelho 2017;Almeida et al 2018;Onuferko 2018;Prashantha et al 2018). Recent records have also been made in orchids bees of the genus Euglossa Latreille (Giangarelli and Sofia 2011;Hinojosa-Díaz et al 2012;Camargo and Gonçalves 2013;Suzuki et al 2014), oil-collecting bees of the tribe Centridini and Tapinotaspidini (Alvarez et al 2019), stingless bees of the genus Paratetrapedia Schwarz and sweat bees of the genus Augochlora Smith (Alvarez et al 2014).…”