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Lophopedia flava (Smith, 1879)
Exomalopsis flava Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [127] .
Type data: holotype BMNH <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, São Paulo de Olivença.

Tetrapedia acuta 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. [616] .
Type locality: Ecuador, Napo, Arquidona.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Bolivia (Cochabamba, El Beni, La Paz), Brazil (Acre, Amazonas [São Paulo De Olivença], Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia), Colombia (Boyaca), Ecuador (Morona Santiago, Sucumbíos), Guyana, Peru (Amazonas, Junín, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Pasco, San Martín)

References

Aguiar, A. J. C. (2009). Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52 [1, 5-8, 13, 14, 27] (List, taxonomy, descriptive note, distribution, key, figure, taxonomy, diagnosis, figure, comparative note (as Lophopedia flava))
Aguiar, A. J. C. (2018). New species of Nasutopedia from cloud forests of the Neotropical region (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Tapinotaspidini). J. Nat. Hist. 52 (35-36): 2283-2300 [2283] (Cited (as Lophopedia flava))
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 [429, 430, 442] (Figure, phylogeny (as Lophopedia flava))
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 Lophopedia flava))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1909). Descriptions and records of bees. XXIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 4: 393-504 [398, 399] (Key, taxonomic notes (as Tetrapedia flava))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1923). Some bees from British Guiana. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11: 442-459 [449] (Citation (as Chalepogenus flavus))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1931). Descriptions and records of bees. CXXIX. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 8: 411-418 [413, 414] (Citation (as Tetrapedia acuta and Tetrapedia flava))
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [298] (Taxonomy (as Exomalopsis flava))
Friese, H. (1899). Monographie der Bienengattungen Exomalopsis, Ptilothrix, Melitoma und Tetrapedia. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 14 (3): 247-304 [250, 269] (Listed; original description (transcription) (as Exomalopsis flava))
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 flavus))
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] (Taxonomy (as Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) acuta))
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abejas del Perú. Bol. Mus. Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 8: 67-75 [74] (Distribution, citation (as Paratetrapedia flava and Tetrapedia acuta))
Schrottky, C. (1902). Ensaio sobre as abelhas solitarias do Brazil. Rev. Mus. Paul. 5: 330-613 [534] (Original description (translation) (as Exomalopsis flava))

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