APIDAE ›› Apinae ›› Tapinotaspidini ›› Lophopedia

Lophopedia apicalis (Cresson, 1878)
Tetrapedia abdominalis Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new species of North American bees. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 30: 181-221 [182] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2381 <M>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 1-141 [110] .
Type locality: Mexico.

Tetrapedia apicalis Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 7: 61-136 [136] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2377 <F>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 1-141 [111] .
Type locality: Mexico.

Tetrapedia fraterna Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 7: 61-136 [136] .
Type data: lectotype ANSP 2379 <M>.
Subsequent designation: Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 1-141 [119] .
Type locality: Mexico.

Tetrapedia terminalis Cresson, E. T. (1878). Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 7: 61-136 [136] .
Type data: holotype ANSP 2378 <F>.
Type locality: Mexico.

Tetrapedia acuticollis Cheesman, L. E. (1929). Hymenoptera collected on the “St. George” Expedition in Central America and the W. Indies. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 77 (2): 141-154 [142] .
Type data: lectotype BMNH 17B.898 <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. [616] .
Type locality: Colombia, Cauca, Isla Gorgona.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Belize (Cayo), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Guanacaste, Heredia, San José), Guatemala, Honduras (Cortés, El Paraíso), Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua (Granada), Panama (Chiriquí, Coclé, Colón, Panamá), Venezuela (Guárico)

References

Aguiar, A. J. C. (2009). Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52 [1, 6-9, 11, 12, 22, 34] (List, taxonomy, figure, key, figure, taxonomy, diagnosis, taxonomy, figure, comparative note, figure, comparative note, cited (as Lophopedia apicalis))
Ayala, R., Griswold, T. L. & Yanega, D. (1996). Apoidea (Hymenoptera) pp. 423-464 in Llorente, J., García-Aldrete, A.N. & González-Soriano, E. (ed.) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos Mexicanos: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento. Mexico: IBUNAM/ UNAM/ CONABIO [461] (Listed, distribution records (as Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) apicalis))
Calvillo, L.M., Ramírez, V.M., Parra-Tabla, V. & Navarro, J. (2010). Bee diversity in a fragmented landscape of the Mexican neotropic. J. Insect Conserv. 14 (4): 323-334 [331] (Catalog (as Lophopedia apicalis))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaría de Fomento 3-20 pp. [16, 17] (Distribution (as Tetrapedia abdominalis, T. apicalis, T. fraterna and T. terminalis))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906). The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 63-116 [98] (Listed, distribution (as Tetrapedia T. apicalis, T. abdominalis, T. terminalis and T. fratera [sic]))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1923). Some bees from Victoria, Mexico. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 63 (8): 1-5 [3] (Descriptive notes, as Chalepogenus apicalis)
Cresson, E. T. (1879). Catalogue of North American Apidae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 7: 215-232 [228, 229] (Listed (as Tetrapedia apicalis, T. fraterna, T. terminalis and T. abdominalis))
Cresson, E. T. (1916). The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 1-141 [132] (Listed (as Tetrapedia terminalis))
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [299, 300] ((as Tetrapedia apicalis, abdominalis, fraterna and terminalis))
Ducke, A. (1910). Zur Synonymie der neotropischen Apidae. (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1910: 362-369 [369] (Note (as Tetrapedia apicalis and as T. abdominalis))
Friese, H. (1899). Monographie der Bienengattungen Exomalopsis, Ptilothrix, Melitoma und Tetrapedia. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 14 (3): 247-304 [279, 289, 296, 303] (Key, taxonomic notes (as Tetrapedia T. abdominalis, T. apicalis and T. fraterna))
Friese, H. (1916). Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 77: 287-350 [334] (Citation (as Tetrapedia abdominalis))
Heithaus, E. R. (1979). Community structure of neotropical flower visiting bees and wasps: diversity and phenology. Ecology 60 (1): 190-202 [195] (Listed, phenology (as Paratetrapedia apicalis))
Hinojosa-Díaz, I. (2003). Abejas Silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) del Declive Sur de la Sierra del Chichinautzin, Morelos, México. Folia Entomol. Mex. 42 (1): 1-20 [18] (Distribution (as Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) apicalis))
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A. (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [568, 569] (Taxonomy (as Tetrapedia abdominalis, T. apicalis, T. fraterna and T. terminalis))
Michener, C. D. (1942). Taxonomic observations on bees with descriptions of new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 50: 273-282 [281] (Citation, as Chalepogenoides abdominalis)
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 1-175 [116] (Misidentification of Paratetrapedia sp., synonymy, descriptive note, distribution (as Paratetrapedia apicalis))
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 [415] (Citation, as Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) apicalis)
Ramírez, V.M., Ayala, R. & González, H.D. (2016). Temporal variation in native bee diversity in the tropical sub-deciduous forest of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Trop. Conserv. Sci. 9 (2): 718-734 [734] (Catalog (as Lophopedia apicalis))
Reyes-Novelo, E., Méléndez-Ramírez, V., Ayala, R. & Delfín-González, H. (2009). Bee faunas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of six natural protected areas in Yucatan, Mexico. Entomol. News 120 (5): 530-544 [536] (Catalog (as Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) apicalis))
Schwarz, H. F. (1934). The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 722: 1-24 [13] (Comparative note (as Tetrapedia abdominalis))
Vides-Borrell, E., Porter-Bolland, L., Ferguson, B.G., Gasselin, P., Vaca, R., Valle-Mora, J. & Vandame, R. (2019). Polycultures, pastures and monocultures: Effects of land use intensity on wild bee diversity in tropical landscapes of southeastern Mexico. Biol. Conserv. 236: 269-280 [278] (Catalog (as Lophopedia apicalis))
Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & Hinojosa-Díaz, I. (2004). La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología "Alfonso L. Herrera" de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zool. Mex. (n. s.) 20 (1): 167-197 [193] (Citation (as Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) apicalis))

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