Xylocopa (Nanoxylocopa) ciliata Burmeister, 1876 This species is known from Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Brazil (Hurd, 1978; Moure, 2007). In Brazil, it has been recorded from the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul (Silveira et al., 2002; Moure, 2007). Here it is newly recorded from the state of Minas Gerais. Females were collected, while foraging on flowers, during a brief survey of the bee fauna of the Serra da Canastra National Park, situated in a highland plateau in southwestern Minas Gerais. This represents the northernmost record for the species. New distribution record: Brazil, Minas Gerais: 1 female (DZUP), “ DZUP \ 028437” “Brasil, MG, São Roque,\ P.N. Serra da Canastra,\ 20.2239°S 46.4861°W,\ 1405 m, 19.xii.2013,\ Melo & Rosa, 15-17 h” “Em Fabaceae ”; 1 female (DZUP), “ DZUP \ 028438” “ Brasil, MG, São Roque,\ P.N. Serra da Canastra,\ 20.2239°S 46.4861°W,\ 1405 m, 18.xii.2013,\ Melo & Rosa, 10-13 h”

Published as part of MELO, GABRIEL A. R., 2016, A NEW SPECIES OF XYLOCOPA (NANOXYLOCOPA) FROM BRAZIL (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE), pp. 103-107 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 56 (9) on page 107, DOI: 10.1590/0031-1049.2016.56.09, http://zenodo.org/record/4656564