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Tropidopedia punctifrons (Smith, 1879)
Tetrapedia punctifrons Smith, F. (1879). Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp. [130] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.885 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Santarém.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Distrito Federal [Distrito Federal], Goiás [Jataí], Maranhão [Barreirinhas, Chapadinha, São Luís], Mato Grosso [Chapada Dos Guimarães, Cáceres, Diamantino, São Félix Do Araguaia], Minas Gerais [Capitólio, Ibiraci, Indianópolis, Paraopeba, Passos, Serra Do Salitre, Uberlândia], Pará [Santarém], São Paulo [Batatais, Corumbataí], Tocantins [Lagoa Da Confusão])

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] (Citation, as Paratetrapedia (Tropidopedia))
Aguiar, A. J. C. & Melo, G. A. R. (2007). Taxonomic revision, phylogenetic analysis, and biogeography of the bee genus Tropidopedia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 151: 511-554 [544]
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 [400, 429, 430, 437, 442] (Taxonomy, figure, phylogeny (as Tropidopedia punctifrons))
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 Tropidopedia punctifrons))
Aguiar, C.M.L., Santana, E.B., Martins, C.F., Vivallo, F., Santos, C.O. & Santos, G.M.M. (2018). Species richness and diversity in bee assemblages in a fragment of Savanna (Cerrado) at northeastern Brazil. Sociobiology 65 (4): 566-575 [2285] (Phylogeny (as Tropidopedia punctifrons))
Albuquerque, P. M. C. & Mendonça, J. A. C. (1996). Anthophoridae (Hymenoptera; Apoidea) e flora associada em uma formação de cerrado no município de Barreirinhas, MA, Brasil. Acta Amazonica 26 (1-2): 45-54 [49] (Distribution, as Paratetrapedia (Tropicopedia) duckei (misidentification)(partim))
Azevedo, A.A., Silveira, F.A., Aguiar, C.M.L. & Pereira, V.S. (2008). Fauna de abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) nos campos rupestres da Cadeia do Espinhaço (Minas Gerais e Bahia, Brasil): riqueza de espécies, padrões de distribuição e ameaças para conservação. Megadiversidade 4 (1-2): 126-157 [147] (Catalog (as Tropidopedia punctifrons))
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Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [300] (Taxonomy (as Tetrapedia))
Friese, H. (1899). Monographie der Bienengattungen Exomalopsis, Ptilothrix, Melitoma und Tetrapedia. Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 14 (3): 247-304 [303] (Distribution)
Gaglianone, M.C., Aguiar, A.J.C., Vivallo, F., & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (2011). Checklist das abelhas coletoras de óleos do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Biota Neotrop. 11: 657-666 [662] (Catalog (as Tropidopedia punctifrons))
Gostinski, L.F., Carvalho, G.C.A., Rêgo, M.M.C. & Albuquerque, P.M.C. (2016). Species richness and activity pattern of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in the resting area of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Barreirinhas, Maranhão, Brazil. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 60: 319-327 [321] (Distribution)
Gostinski, L.F., Carvalho, G.C.A., Rêgo, M.M.C. & de Albuquerque, P.M.C. (2016). Species richness and activity pattern of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in the restinga area of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Barreirinhas, Maranhão, Brazil. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 60 (4): 319-327 [321] (Catalog (as Tropidopedia punctifrons))
Lima, F.V.D.O. & Silvestre, R. (2017). Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 107: 1-14 [10] (Catalog (as Tropidopedia punctifrons))
Mahlmann, T. & De Oliveira, M.L. (2015). A new species of Tropidopedia from the Amazon rainforest, Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with a revised phylogenetic overview of the genus. Zootaxa 4032 (2): 203-208 [203, 207, 208] (Cited, figure, phylogeny, morphology (as Tropidopedia punctifrons))
Martins, C., Silveira, R.A., Nascimento, N.O. & Antonini, Y. (2012). Fauna de abelhas de campos rupestres ferruginosos no Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais. MG Biota 5 (1): 21-34 [32] (Catalog (as Tropidopedia punctifrons))
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, fig. 13-15] (Citation, illustration, as Paratetrapedia (Amphipedia) haeckeli (misidentification))
Neff, J. L. & Simpson, B. B. (1981). Oil-collecting structures in the Anthophoridae (Hymenoptera): Morphology, function, and use in systematics. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 54 (1): 95-123 [110] (Citation, as P. haeckeli (misidentification))
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 Paratetrapedia duckei (misidentification) (partim))
Rozen, J. G., Jr., Melo, G. A. R., Aguiar, A. J. C. & Alves-dos-Santos, I. (2006). Nesting biologies and immature stages of the tapinotaspidine bee genera Monoeca and Lanthanomelissa and of their osirine cleptoparasites Protosiris and Parepeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apinae). Am. Mus. Novit. 3501: 1-60 [10] (Morphology (as Paratetrapedia))
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Silva, E.M. (2013). Lista de espécies de Apidae (Hymenoptera) do semiárido com base na literatura especializada pp. 181-202 in Bravo, F. & Calor, A. (ed.) Artrópodes do Semiárido: biodiversidade e conservação. Feira de Santana: Editora Printmídia [196] (Catalog (as Tropidopedia punctifrons))
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Vogel, S. (1974). Ölblumen und Ölsammelnde Bienen. Mainz: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Vol. 7 267 pp. [190, fig. 67c, 207] (Morphology (as Paratetrapedia (Amphipedia sp.), citation (as P. haeckeli, misidentification))

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