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Lophopedia Michener & Moure, 1957
Amphipedia Michener, C. D. & Moure, J. S. (1957). A study of the classification of the more primitive non-parasitic anthophorine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 112 (5): 395-452 [413] (Proposed as Paratetrapedia (Amphipedia)) .
Type species: Tetrapedia haeckeli Friese, 1910 by original designation.

Lophopedia Michener, C. D. & Moure, J. S. (1957). A study of the classification of the more primitive non-parasitic anthophorine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 112 (5): 395-452 [413] (Proposed as Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia)) .
Type species: Tetrapedia pygmaea Schrottky, 1902 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Aguiar, A. J. C. & Melo, G. A. R. (2005). Notes on the type species of the subgenera Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) and P. (Amphipedia) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 1084: 31-42 [32]

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Misiones, Salta, Tucumán), Belize (Cayo), Bolivia (Cochabamba, El Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Acre [Rio Branco], Amapá [Macapá], Amazonas [Manaus, São Paulo De Olivença, Tefé], Bahia [Jequié], Espírito Santo [Baixo Guandu, Colatina, Conceição Da Barra, Linhares, Santa Leopoldina, Santa Maria De Jetibá, Santa Teresa, São Roque Do Canaã, Viana], Goiás [Alto Paraíso De Goiás, Goiânia, Jataí, Monte Alegre De Goiás, Teresina De Goiás], Maranhão [Raposa, São Luís], Mato Grosso [Alta Floresta, Aripuanã, Barra Do Bugres, Barra Do Garças, Chapada Dos Guimarães, Cáceres, Nova Mutum], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bela Vista, Bonito, Ivinhema, Miranda, Porto Murtinho, Três Lagoas], Minas Gerais [Araponga, Araxá, Barbacena, Belo Horizonte, Bocaiúva, Campos Altos, Divinópolis, Felixlândia, Ibiraci, Ibirité, Ibiá, Janaúba, Nacip Raydan, Ouro Preto, Paraopeba, Passos, Poços De Caldas, Raposos, Santa Bárbara, Serra Do Salitre, São Gonçalo Do Rio Preto, Tapira, Uberlândia, Viçosa], Paraná [Campina Grande Do Sul, Campo Largo, Curitiba, Guaraqueçaba, Guaratuba, Guaíra, Morretes, Palmeira, Piraquara, Telêmaco Borba, Tijucas Do Sul], Paraíba [Areia, Mamanguape, Rio Tinto], Pará [Novo Progresso, Parauapebas], Pernambuco [Caruaru], Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro [Rio De Janeiro], Rondônia [Ariquemes, Pimenta Bueno, Porto Velho, Vilhena], Roraima, Santa Catarina [Florianópolis, Joinville, Pomerode, Seara], São Paulo [Barra Do Turvo, Barueri, Bauru, Boa Esperança Do Sul, Botucatu, Cajuru, Campinas, Corumbataí, Cosmópolis, Cotia, Jundiaí, Luís Antônio, Pedregulho, Ribeirão Preto, Salesópolis, São Carlos, São José Do Barreiro, São José Do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, Teodoro Sampaio, Ubatuba]), Colombia (Boyaca, Cauca, Magdalena), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, San José), Ecuador (Guayas, Morona Santiago, Napo, Sucumbíos, Zamora Chinchipe), French Guiana (Kourou), Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras (Cortés, El Paraíso), Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua (Granada), Panama (Chiriquí, Coclé, Colón, Panamá), Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Caaguazú, Guairá, Itapúa, San Pedro), Peru (Amazonas, Cuzco, Huánuco, Junín, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, San Martín, Ucayali), Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Aragua, Guárico, Lara)

References

Aguiar, A. J. C. & Melo, G. A. R. (2005). Notes on the type species of the subgenera Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) and P. (Amphipedia) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 1084: 31-42 [32]
Michener, C. D. (1997). Genus-group names of bees and supplemental family-group names. Sci. Papers, Nat. Hist. Mus., Univ. Kansas 1: 1-81 [6, 34] (Taxonomy (as Amphipedia and as Lophopedia))
Moure, J. S. (1992). Lissopedia, gen. n. de Paratetrapediini para a Região Neotropical, com as descrições de três espécies novas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophoridae). Rev. Bras. Zool. 9 (3-4): 305-317 [306] (Citation (as Amphipedia and as Lophopedia))

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023

Available Species

Lophopedia apicalis (Cresson, 1878)
Lophopedia buchwaldi (Cockerell, 1914)
Lophopedia flava (Smith, 1879)
Lophopedia fulviventris Aguiar, 2009
Lophopedia haeckeli (Friese, 1910)
Lophopedia klugi (Friese, 1899)
Lophopedia minor Aguiar, 2009
Lophopedia nigriceps (Friese, 1899)
Lophopedia nigrispinis (Vachal, 1909)
Lophopedia paraensis Aguiar, 2009
Lophopedia pulchra Aguiar, 2009
Lophopedia pygmaea (Schrottky, 1902)
Lophopedia savanicola Aguiar, 2009