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Paratetrapedia chocoensis Aguiar & Melo, 2011
Paratetrapedia chocoensis 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 [408] .
Type data: holotype BLCU <M> , paratype SEMK <F><M> , paratype AMNH <M> , paratype BLCU <F>.
Type locality: Panama, Panama, 'Gamboa-Pipeline road'.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Colombia (Valle del Cauca), Costa Rica (Puntarenas, San José), Ecuador (Pichincha), Panama (Colón, Darién, Panamá), Panama Canal Zone

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 [365-367, 370, 399, 400, 402, 404, 408, 415, 419, 427, 429] (Figure, key, comparative note, phylogeny, taxonomy, comparative note, figure, taxonomy, descriptive note, figure, phylogeny (as Paratetrapedia chocoensis))
Etl, F., Franschitz, A., Aguiar, A. J. C., Schönenberger, J., & Dötterl, S. (2017). A perfume-collecting male oil bee? Evidences of a novel pollination system involving Anthurium acutifolium (Araceae) and Paratetrapedia chocoensis (Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Flora 232: 7-15 [7-14] (Floral record, biology, floral record, behavior, figure, morphology, figure, biology, figure, behavior, morphology, floral record, biology (as Paratetrapedia chocoensis))

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