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Paratetrapedia testacea (Smith, 1854)
Tetrapedia testacea Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [366] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.895 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Pará.

Tetrapedia obtusa Vachal, J. (1909). Espèces nouvelles ou litigieuses d'Apidae du haut bassin du Parana et des régions contiguës et délimitation d' une nouvelle sous-famille Diphaglossinae (Hym.). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 28: 5-64 [27] .
Type data: lectotype MNHP <F>.
Subsequent designation: Aguiar, A. J. C. (2007). Tapinotaspidini Roig-Alsina & Michener, 1993 pp. 608-632 in Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (ed.) Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region. Curitiba: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia xiv+1058 pp. [625] .
Type locality: French Guiana, Kourou.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Acre [Rio Branco], Amapá [Laranjal Do Jari, Macapá, Serra Do Navio], Amazonas [Manaus, São Paulo De Olivença], Goiás [Alto Paraíso De Goiás, Goiás, Goiânia], Maranhão [Codó, São Luís], Pará [Acará, Anajás, Belém, Capanema, Conceição Do Araguaia, Oriximiná, Ponta De Pedras, Santarém, Tucuruí, Óbidos], Roraima [Amajari], Tocantins [Buriti Do Tocantins, Dianópolis, Esperantina, Porto Nacional]), French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname

References

Aguiar, A. J. C. & Melo, G. A. R. (2011). Revision and phylogeny of the bee genus Paratetrapedia Moure, with description of a new genus from the Andean Cordillera (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 162: 351-442 [357, 359, 360, 361, 367, 371, 379, 381, 384, 413, 417, 421] (Figure, cited, key, taxonomy, descriptive note, distribution, comparative note, distribution, taxonomy, descriptive note, figure, comparative note, figure, phylogeny (as Paratetrapedia testacea))
Aguiar, A.J.C., Melo, G.A.R., Vasconcelos, T.N.C., Gonçalves, R.B., Giugliano, L. & Martins, A.C. (2020). Biogeography and early diversification of Tapinotaspidini oil-bees support presence of Paleocene savannas in South America. Mol. Phylog. Evol. 143: 1-10 [5, 6] (Figure (as Paratetrapedia testacea))
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Ducke, A. (1901). Beobachtungen über Blütenbesuch, Erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden Bienen. Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 1: 49-67 [55] (Distribution, flower record: Stachytarpheta sp. (Verbenaceae)(as Tetrapedia testacea))
Ducke, A. (1902). Beobachtungen über Blütenbesuch, Erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden bienen. Allg. Z. Entomol. 7: 321-326 [323] (Flower record: Psychotria sp. (Rubiaceae), Pavonia typhalaea (Malvaceae); distribution (as Tetrapedia testacea))
Ducke, A. (1907). Contribution a la connaissance de la faune hyménoptérologique du Nord-Est du Brésil. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 26 (5/6): 73-96 [84] (Distribution, typographic error (as F. testacea))
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Ducke, A. (1910). Contribution a la connaissance de la faune hyménoptérologique du Nord-Est du Brésil. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 28 (4/5): 97-122 [98] (Distribution (as Tetrapedia obtusa and testacea))
Friese, H. (1899). Monographie der Bienengattungen Exomalopsis, Ptilothrix, Melitoma und Tetrapedia. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 14 (3): 247-304 [297] (Taxonomic notes; distribution (as Tetrapedia testacea))
Friese, H. (1906). Resultate einer Reise des Herrn A. C. Jensen-Haarup in die Gegend von Mendoza (Argentina). Flora Fauna 8 (3): 89-102 [95] (Misidentification)
Friese, H. (1923). Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der schwedischen entomologischen reise des Herrn Dr. A. Roman in Amazonas 1914-15. 8. Apidae. Ark. Zool. 15 (13): 1-8 [3] (Distribution (as Tetrapedia testacea))
Jörgensen, P. (1912). Berichtigungen und Ergänzungen zur "Revision der Apiden der Provinz Mendoza, Republica Argentina (Hym.)". Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 32: 643-644 [644] (Catalog, distribution)
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Mendes, F.N., Rêgo, M.M.C. & Albuquerque, P.M.C. (2011). Fenologia e biologia reprodutiva de duas espécies de Byrsonima Rich. (Malpighiaceae) em área de Cerrado no Nordeste do Brasil. Biota Neotrop. 11 (4): 103-115 [107, 109] (Catalog (as Paratetrapedia testacea))
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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 [416] (Citation, as Paratetrapedia (Paratetrapedia) testacea)
Moure, J. S. (1941). Notas sobre abelhas do grupo Tetrapedia Klug (Hym. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 12 (3): 515-521 [518] (Citation, distribution, as Paratetrapedia testacea)
Popov, V. V. (1939). Relationships of the genus Osiris F. Smith and its position in the system of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). C. R. (Dokl.) Acad. Sci. URSS 25 (2): 163-166 [164, fig.D-G] (Illustration (as Tetrapedia testacea))
Rasmussen, C. (2012). Joseph Vachal (1838-1911): French entomologist and politician. Zootaxa 3442 (2): 1-52 [38] (Catalog (as Paratetrapedia testacea))
Rebêlo, J. M. M., Rêgo, M. M. C. & Albuquerque, P. M. C. (2003). Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) da região setentrional do Estado do Maranhão, Brasil pp. 265-278 in Melo, G. A. R. & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (ed.) Apoidea Neotropica: Homenagem aos 90 Anos de Jesus Santiago Moure. Criciúma: UNESC 320 pp. [273] (Distribution (as P. testacea))
Rêgo, M. M. C. & Albuquerque, P. M. C. (1989). Comportamento das abelhas visitantes de Murici, Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth, Malpighiaceae. Bol. Mus. Para. Emilio Goeldi, Zool. 5 (2): 179-193 [185] (Flower record: Byrsonima crassifolia (Malpighiaceae))
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Shanks, S. S. (1986). A revision of the neotropical bee genus Osiris (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Wasmann J. Biol. 44 (1-2): 1-56 [2] (Parasite; mimetism)
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [136] (Distribution)
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