taxonID	type	description	language	source
F256631BFFBA2A18CBD1F9AE15591B28.taxon	discussion	Comments and diagnosis. Michener and Moure (1957) listed some diagnostic characters for the genus Lophopedia. The diagnosis herein presented repeats some of these characters and complements them with others. The species of the genus Lophopedia can be distinguished mainly by the sharp post-ocellar carina extending laterally behind eyes (Fig. 7); pronotal collar with a sharp lamella, usually concave on mid portion in dorsal view (Fig. 5); the pubescence on S 2 − S 5 of males is similar within Lophopedia (Fig. 6) and distinctive in comparison to other genera of Tapinotaspidini. The species of Lophopedia share many characters with the genus Tropidopedia including: pygidial plate of female with apex of basal portion in obtuse angle (Fig. 9), basitibial plate of female oval and smooth on margin (Fig. 8), and row of stout flat setae on mid tibia ventrally with apices enlarged as a spoon (Fig. 10). The genus Lophopedia resembles in general appearance species of the punctifrons-group of the genus Tropidopedia (see Aguiar & Melo 2007), but can be easily distinguished by the presence of notaulices sulcus on mesoscutum, the anterior surface of pronotal lamella mainly concave in dorsal view, the mandible of males with simple hairs on lower margin, and the S 2 of male with a row of convergent setae on mid portion (in punctifrons species group of Tropidopedia, the notaulices is absent, the mandibles of male have long plumose hairs, and S 2 of male has a triangular tuft of hairs on mid portion of margin with apex directed anteriorly). Body length: 4.0 − 8.7 mm; Color. Integument black, orange yellow or bicolored, dark brown to black and yellow. Color of wing membrane: yellow hyaline, yellow infumated, dark brown infumated with apical third white infumated; hyaline or dark brown infumated (Figs. 11 − 16). Integument sculpture. Clypeus, supraclypeal area and frons with dense, very coarse punctures (except males of L. flava (Smith), which presents sparse punctures on frons disc); in some species with fine punctures intermingled with coarse punctures on frons disc. Mesoscutum and scutellum with dense fine punctures (<2 pd) intermingled with sparse coarser punctures (> 2 pd); mesepisternum with coarse punctures, usually sparse (> 2 pd) with denser punctures on omaular area; metapostnotum with fine punctures (except males of some species with more conspicuous punctures, but never dense punctured by coarse punctures); terga mostly smooth. Pubescence. Completely pale yellow or dark brown, in some species mostly dark brown with tibial and basitarsal scopal hair pale yellow, almost white. Head, mesosoma and metasoma mostly glabrous; lower margin of mandible with simple setae; paraocular area, vertex and genal area with short plumose hairs; frons, vertex, and paraocular area with sparse erect simple setae. Mesoscutum and scutellum with dense very short plumose hairs, velvet-like (on females, denser than in males), intermingled with sparse long erect simple hairs; scutellum with sparse simple erect setae, in the males of some species (e. g., L. savanicola sp. nov.) forming a conspicuous tuft of long erect simple and plumose hairs; postero-lateral portions of scutellum with dense tufts of short plumose hairs; metanotum with long plumose hairs laterally; mesepisternum mostly glabrous, with dense stout hairs on ventral portion; metapostnotum with sparse short plumose hairs, usually very short; propodeum laterally with very short plumose hairs intermingled with longer sparse plumose hairs. T 1 without marginal band laterally, on T 2 − T 3, occupying less than third of margins laterally, on T 4 of females occupying less than third of margin laterally, on T 5 - T 6 of females occupying all margin, on T 4 − T 6 of males varying from complete, glabrous, or with bands laterally. Sterna of females with a marginal hair row of long simple setae, on S 2 − S 3 this row is medially interrupted; sterna of males with almost same pattern of pubescence on all species (Fig. 6), on S 2 with numerous decumbent simple setae adjacent to margin diverging from mid portion, longer on lateral third, S 3 with a row of simple setae, usually with a conspicuous gap medially; S 4 with a dense band of decumbent plumose hairs curving medially; S 5 mostly smooth medially, with plumose hairs on lateral third; S 6 with simple setae apically. Legs with simple and plumose pubescence related to oil and pollen-collecting. Fore basitarsus of male and female modified to collect oil: posterior surface concave with dense plumose hairs; outer margin with a conspicuous row of simple spatulate stout setae forming a comb. Row of stout setae in mid line of ventral surface of mid tibia, apices of these setae enlarged, like a concave spoon (Fig. 10); ventral surface of mid and hind basitarsus with spatulate setae; scopa of hind leg with dense fine plumose hairs intermingled with sparse long simple setae. Structure. Head about 1.2 x wider than long; clypeus about 2 x wider than long; eyes conspicuously diverging dorsally, ratio between the lower interocular and the upper interocular distances: 0.7; metasoma about 1.2 x longer than wider (T 2 = maximum width). Supraclypeal area of male with lower margin surpassing the upper margin of clypeus as a lamellate expansion. Post-ocellar carina extending laterally to eyes on upper third of genal area (Fig. 7); distance of post-ocellar carina to eye margin on vertex less than or equal to F 2 diameter (except L. fulviventris sp. nov. and L. nigrispinis (Vachal), which is slightly wider). Anterior surface of pronotal lamella concave (Fig. 6) or almost flat in dorsal view; pronotal lobe triangular and narrowly rounded dorsally. Pygidial plate of female differentiated with apical and basal portions; basal portion with margins conspicuous carinate and converging in an obtuse angle on apices (Fig. 9); pygidial plate of male absent, with only a short obtuse pygidial process. Fore basitarsus of females with apices conspicuous projected above the articulation with second tarsomere; mid basitarsus of males, about 3 x longer than wider; tibial plate of females oval convex, densely hairy with margins smooth (Fig. 8); tibial plate of male almost absent, with only the lower margin conspicuous; hind tibia of female with a conspicuous depressed area on distal portion of hind margin, almost in right angle; tibial spurs finely pectinate, rami of spurs slight longer than the main trunk on base. The species of Lophopedia are distributed in forest and open areas of the Neotropical region, from northern Argentina, province of Tucuman to northern Mexico, state of Tamaulipas (Fig. 17). The species of Lophopedia are absent in xeric areas of Western Neotropics west of the Andes Cordillera, Caatinga and Chaco. One species of Lophopedia is endemic to the Cerrado savanna of central Brazil (L. savanicola sp. nov.), others are endemic to Atlantic Forest on eastern Brazil (e. g., L. fulviventris sp. nov. and L. nigrispinis), and some of them are endemic to Amazon forest (e. g., L. flava (Smith )).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFBF2A15CBD1FA8E12201E5C.taxon	description	Chalepogenoides abdominalis; Michener (1942): 281. Paratetrapedia apicalis; Michener (1954): 116, figs. 71 – 73; (misidentification of Paratetrapedia sp., suggested by the drawings of S 7 – S 8 and genitalia); Heithaus (1979): 195.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFBF2A15CBD1FA8E12201E5C.taxon	description	Lophopedia acuticollis; Aguiar (2007): 616. Lophopedia apicalis; Aguiar (2007): 616.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFBF2A15CBD1FA8E12201E5C.taxon	discussion	Comments and diagnosis. Lophopedia apicalis, L. minor sp. nov., and L. paraensis sp. nov. compose a group of species with very similar morphology. Small bees (ca. 7.0 mm in length), integument mostly dark brown, wing membrane pale brown to pale yellow infumated, mesepisternum mostly smooth (sparse coarse punctures), clypeus of female usually with two small yellow spots on margin laterally. These species can be distinguished mainly by the males, due to the pattern of pubescence on margins of terga, shape and pubescence of S 7. Lophopedia apicalis is easily identified by the fore wing membrane with distal half pale white, almost hyaline, constrasting with the proximal half dark brown infumated (Fig. 12). The males of Lophopedia apicalis present the T 4 − T 5 with marginal hair bands absent or ocuppying less than a third of margin laterally, and T 6 with marginal band complete (Fig. 25), S 6 of male present numerous setae occupying the surface of apical portion (Fig. 26).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFBF2A15CBD1FA8E12201E5C.taxon	distribution	Distribution: BELIZE; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; GUATEMALA; HONDURAS; MEXICO; NICARAGUA; PANAMA; VENEZUELA (Fig. 18).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFB22A16CBD1F8A814251F69.taxon	discussion	Comments and Diagnosis. Lophopedia buchwaldi can be distinguished from the remaining species by the narrowly rounded omaulus (Fig. 32), almost carinate, and frons with dense minute punctures intermingled with coarse punctures on disc (Fig. 31). The omaulus of Lophopedia buchwaldi differs from the carina of L. pygmaea by the angle very weak and short, occupying less than one third of the upper portion of mesepisternum, and the mandible of the female has only one preapical tooth. This species is only known from the two females of the type series. Lophopedia buchwaldi is probably closely related to L. apicalis, L. minor, and L. paraensis, judging by the sparsely punctured mesepisternum.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFB22A16CBD1F8A814251F69.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Western ECUADOR (Fig. 18).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFB22A16CBD1F8A814251F69.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Chalepogenus buchwaldi Cockerell; lectotype female (ZMB): " Guayaquil \ v. Buchwald " " 26 " " Chalepogenus Ƥ \ buchwaldi \ Cockerell Ckll. \ det. 1912 " " Typus " Slg. " \ Alfken "; paralectotype femlae (AMNH): " Guayaquil \ v. Buchwald " " 26 " " Chalepogenus \ buchwaldi \ Ckll. Type " " Ac 33.337 ".	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFB42A10CBD1F9F913B91FDC.taxon	description	Exomalopsis flava Smith, 1879: 127; holotype female, examined (BMNH), BRAZIL: Amazonas, São Paulo de Olivença.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFB42A10CBD1F9F913B91FDC.taxon	description	Paratetrapedia flava; Moure (1944 b): 74. Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) acuta; Michener and Moure (1957): 415. Lophopedia acuta; Aguiar (2007): 616. Lophopedia flava; Aguiar (2007): 617.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFB42A10CBD1F9F913B91FDC.taxon	discussion	Comments and diagnosis. In Lophopedia flava the integument is completely orange yellow, except for a few specimens that have dark brown marks on mesoscutum and vertex. Lophopedia flava is very similar to L. nigriceps but can be distinguished from the latter mainly by the completely yellow integument. Lophopedia flava also differs from the other species by the presence of only coarse and usually sparse punctures on frons (ca. 0.5 – 2 pd), whereas L. nigriceps has dense coarse punctures (<0.5 pd) with finely minute punctures intermingled in the female. Lophopedia flava is also distinct due the mesepisternum with sparse coarse punctures, scutellum with an evenly convex profile, and S 6 of male with short and sparse pubescence on the apical portion.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFB42A10CBD1F9F913B91FDC.taxon	distribution	Distribution: BOLIVIA; BRAZIL: Acre, Amazonas, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia; COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; PERU (Fig. 19).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFB42A10CBD1F9F913B91FDC.taxon	description	Variation. Most of specimens present the mesoscutum orange yellow, however some specimens from Peru have a pale brown mesoscutum. In only one male specimen (DZUP \ 023567), the mesoscutum was completely dark brown, with yellow stripes.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFB72A0CCBD1F9EB12771FF1.taxon	discussion	Comments and diagnosis. Lophopedia fulviventris sp. nov. is quite similar to L. nigrispinis due to the comparable body size, integument mostly black, wing membrane dark infumated with numerous black microtrichiae; mesepisternum with dense coarse punctures; omaular area of mesepisternum not carinate, and female with lamella of pronotal collar with low lateral margins (Fig. 77). Lophopedia fulviventris sp. nov. can be distinguished from L. nigrispinis by the sulcus on scrobal line on upper portion of lateral mesepisternum very deep (Fig. 75), and sterna of males and females usually yellow (Fig. 78), upper third of genal area usually with a thin yellow stripe (Fig. 75).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFB72A0CCBD1F9EB12771FF1.taxon	distribution	Distribution: BRAZIL: Paraná, São Paulo (Fig. 22).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFB72A0CCBD1F9EB12771FF1.taxon	description	Description. Holotype male, Body length: 8.7 mm. Color. Mostly black; mandible mostly white, with apices black; labrum pale yellow, almost white; clypeus with a thin yellow stripe on lower margin; paraocular area with a thin yellow stripe occupying the lower half; distal third of hind tibia and hind basitarsus orange yellow; tarsomeres reddish brown; tibial spurs orange yellow. Wing membrane dark brown infumated, with dense black microtrichia; veins dark brown; pterostigma orange yellow. Pubescence. Body mostly glabrous; pubescence mostly black, except for pale brown short plumose pubescence on genal area; scope on apical third of hind tibia and hind basitarsus yellow. Clypeus, paraocular area and frons mostly glabrous, with very short sparse erect setae; mesoscutum with dense short plumose pubescence, intermingled with erect simple longer setae, about 2 x longer than plumose hairs; scutellum dense plumose hairs intermingled with long erect simple setae; long plumose hairs on scutellum about three or more times the plumose hairs of mesoscutum, and simple setae about 0.09 – 0.19 mm in length; mesepisternum mostly with short simple setae; metapostnotum with numerous short plumose hairs; terga with sparse very short simple setae; T 1 without marginal hair bands; T 2 − T 4 with small marginal bands of pale brown plumose hairs, occupying less than one fourth of margin laterally; S 2 with numerous simple setae on margin, converging of the mid portion; S 3 with simple setae along the margin with a conspicuous interval on mid portion; S 4 with a row of dense decumbent plumose hairs on margin, forming long converging fringes laterally; S 5 with a band of plumose hairs on margin; S 6 with long fine setae on apical portion. Integument sculpture. Clypeus with dense very coarse punctures (<1 pd); supraclypeal area with dense to contiguous punctures (<0.5 pd); frons with dense to sparse coarse punctures (0.5 − 2 pd); paraocular area with coarse sparse punctures (2 pd), intermingled with sparse fine punctures on lower portion (> 2 pd); mesoscutum and scutellum with dense fine punctures (<1 pd), intermingled with sparse coarse punctures (> 3 pd); mesepisternum with coarse punctures, denser on omaular area (0.5 − 2 pd). Metapostnotum with numerous fine punctures (1 − 2 pd); terga completely smooth; propodeum with sparse fine puntures (> 2 pd). Structure. Lower margin of supraclypeal area strongly projected as a lamellate expansion over upper margin of clypeus; supraclypeal area weakly convex, almost concave on disc; lamella of pronotal collar almost flat in dorsal view and very distant to mesoscutum margin; upper portion of pronotal collar closed weakly concave laterally; pronotal lobe convex dorsally, not carinate; scutellum weakly convex, with profile lightly declivous; omaulus of mesepisternum laterally almost in right angle; scrobal sulcus on mesepisternum laterally deeply and broadly sulcate (Fig. 75). Head: width, 2.47, length, 2.12; clypeus: length, 0.74, width, 1.08; maximum T 2 width: 2.75; lower interocular distance: 1.10; upper interocular distance: 1.53; scape: maximum width, 0.19, length, 0.59; length of F 1 − F 3: 0.19, 0.09, 0.17; F 2 diameter: 0.17. Female (Paratype; IBUSP, no 8903; Salesópolis). Body length: 7.84; Color. Similar to male, mosly black; mandible pale yellow with apices black; labrum pale brown; clypeus completelly black. Paraocular area with a thin yellow stripe, similar to male, ocuppying the lower half on ocular margin. Genal area completelly black; scape, pedicel and flagellomeres reddish brown. T 3 − T 6 with yellow marks laterally; sterna mostly yellow with a brown faint mark on mid portion. Distal third of hind tibia and hind basitarsus yellow; tarsomeres reddish brown; wing membrane dark brown infumated, with dense black microtrichia; veins dark brown, pterostigma orange yellow. Pubescence. Similar to male, mostly black, with genal area with dark brown plumose pubescence, and hair scopa of hind leg and basitarsus yellow; plumose pubescence on scutellum similar to mesoscutum with long erect simple setae intermingled; Sterna with long pale yellow simple setae on margin. Integument sculpture. Similar to male, except for punctures on supraclypeal and mesoscutum denser than in male. Structure. Similar to male, except lower margin of supraclypeal area not lamellate; upper portion of pronotal collar not closed laterally. Head: width, 2.56, length, 2.08; clypeus: length, 0.68, width, 1.02; maximum T 2 width: 2.56; lower interocular distance: 1.06; upper interocular distance: 1.45; scape: maximum width, 0.17, length, 0.68; length of F 1 − F 3: 0.23, 0.1, 0.17; F 2 diameter: 0.13; fore wing length, including the tegulae: 6.44. Variation. Some specimens from São Paulo (Cotía) present yellow marks more conspicuous than the specimens from Paraná. The males and females from São Paulo present the sterna mostly yellow, and terga with a small yellow mark laterally. The males from São Paulo present T 7 completely yellow and a short stripe on upper third of genal area. Females of Paraná, have the sterna pale yellow, almost white and terga completely dark brown.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFB72A0CCBD1F9EB12771FF1.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name refers to the yellow sterna on most of specimens.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFB72A0CCBD1F9EB12771FF1.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male, “ DZUP \ 162110 ” “ BRAZIL, Paraná, \ Guaratuba, Pontal do \ Itararé 04. iii. 2006, 1400 m, \ P. Grossi ”. Paratypes: BRAZIL, Paraná, 1 female, “ DZUP \ 161952 ” “ Brasil, PR, Piraquara, \ Mananciais da Serra \ 9. iii. 2003; \ AJCAguiar ”, 1 female (DZUP), idem except “ 161915 ” “ 23. i. 2003 \ AJCAguiar leg ”, 3 females (DZUP), idem except “ 162090 ”, “ 162121 ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 162107 ” “ Brasil, PR, Piraquara, \ Mananciais da Serra \ 8. ii. 2003; \ AJCAguiar ”, 2 females (DZUP), idem except “ 027063 ”, “ 162084 ”; 1 male, “ DZUP \ 162132 ” “ Brasil, Paraná, Tijucas do \ Sul, Sede Campestre da \ APUFPR, 20. ii. 2002, \ G. A. R. Melo ”; São Paulo, 1 male (MZUSP), “ Brasil, São Paulo, Ubatuba, \ Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar \ N. Picinguaba 600 m, Malaise, \ 11 - 14. i. 2006, E. F. Santos & \ C. F. Scott-Santos ”; 1 female (IBUSP), “ Salesópolis / SP \ Est. Biol. Boracéia \ Brasil 12. III. 1993 \ Leg. W. Wilms ” “ Paratetrapedia \ (Lophopedia) \ spec. a ” “ no 8903 IBUSP ”; 1 male (IBUSP), “ Reserva Morro Grande / SP \ Brasil 31.1.1997 \ Leg. J. B. Aguilar & E. Matos ” “ CEPANN 12522 ”; 1 male (IBUSP), “ CEPANN 12514 ” “ Reserva Morro Grande / SP \ Brasil 31. I. 1997 \ Leg. J. B. Aguilar & E. Matos ”.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFA92A0FCBD1FC9F155C1C4D.taxon	description	P. haeckeli; Vogel (1974): 207 (misidentification of T. punctifrons (Smith )).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFA92A0FCBD1FC9F155C1C4D.taxon	discussion	Comments and diagnosis. Lophopedia haeckeli is identical in structure and pubescence to L. nigriceps but can be easily distinguished by the color of integument and pubescence. Mesosoma of L. haeckeli is mostly reddish brown almost black, and marginal zone of terga black (Fig. 39), and the mesosoma and metassoma of L. nigriceps are mostly orange yellow (Fig. 58)	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFA92A0FCBD1FC9F155C1C4D.taxon	distribution	Distribution: COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; PERU (Fig. 19).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFA92A0FCBD1FC9F155C1C4D.taxon	description	Variation. All the male specimens examined present the marginal band of plumose hairs on T 4 occupying less than third of margin laterally except one male specimen from Macas (Ecuador) has the marginal band almost complete. One male from Peru and one female from Ecuador have a very small yellow spot on omaular area, bellow the pronotal lobe.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFA92A0FCBD1FC9F155C1C4D.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Tetrapedia haeckeli, lectotype female (ZMB): “ Peru \ Vilcanota \ 1900 ” “ Tetrapedia Ƥ \ haeckeli \ 1900 Friese det. ” “ Typus ” [printed, red label]. Additional material examined. COLOMBIA: 1 male (ZMB), “ Columbia \ Popayan \ 1900 ” “ Tetrapedia \ haeckeli 3 \ M. 1900 Friese det. Fr ” “ Type ” “ Zool. Mus. \ Berlin ”; 1 male (ZMB), “ Columbia \ Popayan \ 1900 ” “ Tetrapedia 3 \ haeckeli \ 1900 Friese det. ”; 1 female (ZMB), “ Columbia \ Popayan \ 1900 ”; ECUADOR: 1 male and 2 females (AMNH), “ Macas, Rio Upano \ Ecuador I. 25.39 ” “ Coll. \ F. M. Brown ”; 1 female (CLAUS), “ ECUADOR, Zamora, Zamora \ - Parque Nac. Podocarpus \ road, 1019 m asl \ S 45,196 W 78 57,411 \ 8 xi 01 Rasmussen leg ”; 1 female (DZUP), “ ECUADOR, Zamora, Zamora \ - Parque Nac. Podocarpus \ road, 1019 m asl \ S 45,196 W 78 57,411 \ 8 xi 01 Rasmussen leg ”; PERU: 1 male (AMNH), “ Valle Chanchamayo \ (Peru) 1600 m \ 1.4.1939 \ leg. Weyrauch ” “ 187 ”; 1 male and 1 female (AMNH), “ PERU: Montenegro \ Bagua, Amazonas \ Sept. 29. oct. 2.1963 \ 350 m. Wygodzinsky ”; 1 male (SEMC), “ PERU: Pasco Dept. \ Villa Rica- Puerto Bermudas Rd. \ 920 m, 10 34`30 ” S, 75 5`12 ” W \ 17 OCT 1999; R. Brooks \ PERU 1 B 99 048 \ ex: on wet sand river ” “ SM 0145093 \ KUNHM-ENT ”; 1 female (ZMB), “ Peru \ Vilcanota \ 1900 ”; 1 female (MZSP), “ 17.839 ” “ 96926 ” “ Tetrapedia \ haeckeli \ F 1900 Friese det. \ Fr. ” “ Amphipedia \ haeckeli \ (Friese) ”; information associated to number 17.839 in MZSP’s Record Book number IV: “ specimen number 17.839, data: 1902, habita: Peru; Tetrapedia haeckeli Fr.; det. Ducke 13, col. - compr. Strand ”.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFAA2A09CBD1FA6815471CA4.taxon	discussion	Comments and diagnosis. Lophopedia klugi can be distinguished mainly by its coloration; lower half of paraocular area with a thin yellow stripe, metasoma orange yellow, mesosoma mostly black, usually with metanotum and postero-lateral lamella of scutellum yellow laterally. The males can be distinguished from other species by the terga with marginal hairs bands complete on T 4 − T 6. Lophopedia klugi present the omaular area of mesepisternum convex, with dense coarse punctures.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFAA2A09CBD1FA6815471CA4.taxon	distribution	Distribution: COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; VENEZUELA (Fig. 19).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFAA2A09CBD1FA6815471CA4.taxon	description	Variation. The yellow marks on face and scutellum can vary in size; in some specimens completely absent.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFAA2A09CBD1FA6815471CA4.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Tetrapedia klugi Friese; holotype (ZMB): “ Venezuela \ St. Parime \ 1897 ” “ Tetrapedia Ƥ \ klugi \ det. Friese 1898 \ n. sp. ” Additional material examined. COLOMBIA, 1 male and 145 female (AMNH), “ COLOMBIA: Dept. \ Magdalena, Socorpa \ Mission, Sierra de \ Perija, m. \ VIII- 5 - 25 - 1968 ” “ Borys Malkin \ Collector ”, 31 females (AMNH), idem except “ 1500 m. ”; 1 female and 2 males (AMNH), “ COLOMBIA: Dept. \ Magdalena, Finca \ Margarita about \ 6 km. SW Socorpa \ Mission, Sierra \ de Perija ” “ Boris Malkin \ Collector ”, 1 female (AMNH), idem except “ 1300 - 1400 m. ”; 1 female (DZUP), “ Vista Nieve \ Santa Marta, 5000 ft. \ Colombia \ 11. I. 23 M. A. C. ”; COSTA RICA, 1 female (BLCU), “ COSTA RICA \ Guano \ Finca Montezuma, 3 km \ SE Rio Naranjo, 17 \ Jul 1992 F. Parker ”, 1 female (BLCU), idem except “ SE Rio Naranjo, 1 - 12 \ Mar. 1993 F. Parker ”, 2 females (BLCU), idem except “ 10 - \ 15 Jun’ 92 ”; 1 female (SEMC), “ COSTA RICA. Guanacaste \ Santa Rosa National Park \ J. Memmott / U. of Bristol \ 107 / A 1 ”; 1 female (SEMC), “ COSTA RICA: Guanacaste \ Santa Rosa National Park \ San Emilio, 11 - V- 2001 \ J. Memmott / U. of. Bristol \ on Trichilia martiana, 26 / T ”, 2 females (SEMC), idem except “ San Emilio, 18 - IV- 2001 \ J. Memott / U. of Bristol \ on Xylophragma, 107 / B 1 ”, “ Capparis indica, 107 / (18) 2 ”; 1 female (SEMC), “ San Emilio, 29 - VI- 2001 \ J. Memmott / U. of Bristl \ on Hamellia patens, 65 / E 1 ” “ Paratetrapedia \ calcarata Cr. \ Det. C. D. Michener ”; VENEZUELA, 1 male (SEMC), “ VENEZUELA: Aragua \ Rancho Grande Biol. Stn., Porta Chuelo \ Pass, 10 º 21 ’ 0 ” N, 67 º 41 ’ 0 ” W, 1100 m \ 4 JUN 1998; J. Ashe, R. Brooks, R. Hanley \ VEN 1 ABH 98 186 ex: insects moving thru \ pass against wind-migration ” “ SMO 334083 \ KUNHM-ENT ”, 1 male and 3 females (SEMC), idem except “ SM 0 334077 ”, “ SM 0 334064 ”, “ SM 0 334089 ”, “ SM 0 334071 ”; 1 female (SEMC), “ VENEZUELA: Lara \ Sanaré, 16.1 km SE \ Yacambú N P.; 1450 m \ 9 º 42 ’ 0 ” N, 69 º 35 ’ 6 ” W 2 JUN \ 1996; J. Ashe, R. Brooks, R. Hanley \ VEN 1 ABH 98 178 ” “ SM 0121930 \ KUNHM-ENT ”.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFAD2A07CBD1FF2910511DE6.taxon	description	Coments and diagnosis. Lophopedia minor sp. nov. can be distinguished from L. apicalis and L. paraensis sp. nov. by the marginal band of plumose hairs complete on margin of T 5 – T 6. Integument of L. minor is completely black, body size about 6.0 mm in length, omaular area convex, S 6 of male with short stout setae on margin of apical portion, clypeus of female usually with two pale yellow spots on lower margin laterally (Fig. 48), mesepisternum of female sparsely punctured, lamella of pronotal collar with lateral portions conspicuously closed laterally, as a closed gutter. L. minor is mainly identified by the males and the geographic distribution.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFAD2A07CBD1FF2910511DE6.taxon	distribution	Distribution: BOLIVIA; BRAZIL: Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo; PERU; TRINIDAD and TOBAGO (Fig. 20).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFAD2A07CBD1FF2910511DE6.taxon	description	Description. Holotype male. Body length: 6.75 mm. Color. Mesosoma dark brown, almost black; terga pale brown; sterna yellow; mandible pale yellow with apices black; labrum pale yellow; clypeus with lower and lateral margins yellow; paraocular area with a thin yellow stripe occupying less than the lower fourth (Fig. 56); lower margin of supraclypeal area yellow; scape yellowish on lower third and reddish brown on upper thirds; pedicel and flagellomeres rediish brown; tarsomeres yellow; tibial spurs dark brown. Wing membrane pale yellow infumated with brown microtrichia dispersed (Fig. 16); veins and pterostigma yellow. Pubescence. Pubescence on mandibles, labrum, clypeus, frons, paraocular area, genal area, mesepisternum, propodeum, margin of T 3 and sterna, mostly white; on mesoscutum, margins of T 4 − T 6 and legs mostly brown. Lower half of paraocular area and genal area with dense short plumose white hairs; pedicel with numerous erect setae on inner face, about 1.0 x F 2 diameter; mesoscutum with sparse very short plumose pale brown hairs; mesoscutum with sparse plumose hairs intermingled with erect simple setae, ca. 0.15 mm in length; postero-lateral portions of scutellum with long plumose white hairs; mesepisternum with simple white hairs, ca. 0.19 mm in length; metapostnotum with numerous sparse plumose fine setae, ca. 0.05 mm in length; T 1 − T 2 without marginal hair bands; T 3 with a very small marginal band occupying less than one fourth of margin laterally; T 4 with marginal hair band of dark brown plumose hairs occupying less than third of margin laterally; T 5 − T 6 with marginal band of dark brown plumose hairs occupying all margin; S 2 with numerous simple setae adjacent to margin converging from mid portion; S 3 with simple setae on margin, with a conspicuous interval on mid portion; S 4 with a decumbent band of plumose hairs, forming long fringes laterally; S 5 with a sparse plumose hairs adjacent to margin; S 6 with stout short dark brown simple setae on margin of apical portion. Integument sculpture. Clypeus, supraclypeal area, frons and upper third of paraocular area with dense very coarse punctures, with some few punctures contiguous (<0.5 pd); lower thirds of paraocular area and vertex with dense fine punctures (ca. 1 pd); mesoscutum fine punctured (ca. 1 − 2 pd), scutellum with coarser punctures than mesoscutum, with two smooth areas on lateral portions of disc; mesepisternum mostly smooth, with very sparse punctures (> 5 pd), some dense coarse and fine punctures intermingled on omaular area (ca. 1 pd); metapostnotum with fine punctures (ca. 2 pd); propodeum with fine sparse punctures (> 3 pd), denser on surface above spiracle. Structure. Maximum head: width, 2.44, length, 1.97; clypeus: length, 0.63, width, 1.00; maximum T 2 width: 2.48; lower interocular distance: 1.06; upper interocular distance: 1.41; scape: maximum width, 0.15, length, 0.51; length of F 1 − F 3: 0.15, 0.09, 0.19; F 2 diameter: 0.17; fore wing length, including the tegulae: 6.72. Distance of post-ocellar carina to ocular margin less than F 2 diameter. Pronotal lamella conspicuously concave anteriorly in dorsal view, almost touching the anterior margin of mesoscutum; pronotal lobe carinate dorsally; scutellum convex. Paratype female (Brazil, Espírito Santo, Conceição da Barra; DZUP 161900). Body length: 0.68 mm. Color. Darker than the male holotype; head and mesosoma black; metasoma and legs reddish brown; scape, pedicel and flagellomeres reddish brown; mandible with a pale yellow spot on base; clypeus with two faint yellow spots on lower margins laterally (Fig. 48); supraclypeal area with a small faint yellow stripe on lower margin. Wing membrane yellow infumated, similar to male, but proximal half of membrane conspicuously darker by brown microtrichiae. Pubescence. Almost identical to holotype; except mesoscutum with dense pubescence, velvet-like; postero-lateral portions of scutellum with numerous long plumose dark brown hairs; metapostnotum with sparse very short hairs, almost inconspicuous; sterna with simple pale white setae on margins. Integument sculpture. Similar to male, but more fine and dense; paraocular area and vertex with dense finely minute punctures (ca. 1 pd); mesoscutum with dense finely minute punctures (1 pd); mesepisternum with coarse sparse punctures (1 − 2 pd); metapostnotum mostly smooth, with sparse finely minute punctures; propodeum with dense finely minute punctures (1 pd), intermingled with sparse coarser punctures on mid lateral portions and above spiracle. Structure. Head: width, 2.75, length, 2.1; clypeus: length, 0.65, width, 1.10; maximum T 2 width: 2.67; lower interocular distance: 1.14; upper interocular distance: 1.55; scape: maximum width, 0.17, length, 0.68; length of F 1 − F 3: 0.19, 0.09, 0.15; F 2 diameter: 0.19; fore wing length, including the tegulae: 6.96. Variation. Most of specimens from Paraná, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Goiás, Acre (BRAZIL), PERU, BOLIVIA and TRINIDAD and TOBAGO have integument and pubescence conspicuously darker than most of specimens from northern portions of the range (Espírito Santo, Bahia, Paraíba). The specimens from Trinidad and Tobago and southern Brazil (São Paulo, Santa Catarina and Paraná) present the integument mostly black; the males present the yellow marks on clypeus only on lateral margins, not extending on lower margin; sterna dark brown; pubescence on mesosoma and legs mostly dark brown, terga dark brown and sterna varying between dark brown to pale yellow. The male specimens from Minas Gerais present an intermediate condition with the yellow marks on clypeus contacting on lower margin. Most of the specimens from Bahia, Epirito Santo and Paraíba present the terga pale brown and sterna almost pale yellow, but also there are specimens with darker integument on these areas. The specimens from Peru and Trinidad and Tobago have dark intergument, with faint pale yellow marks on sterna similar to the specimens from Mato Grosso, São Paulo and Paraná (Brazil).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFAD2A07CBD1FF2910511DE6.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name refers to the small body size.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFAD2A07CBD1FF2910511DE6.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male, “ DZUP \ 161889 ” “ CONC. DA BARRA-ES \ BRASIL- 17 / 9 / 1969 \ C. T. & C. Elias leg ”. Paratypes: BOLIVIA, 2 females (SEMC), “ BOLIVIA-Beni, Rur- \ renabaque, 175 mts. \ 5 October 1956 \ (L. Penã) ”, 1 female (SEMC), “ BOLIVIA-Dpto. La Paz \ Alta Narani, N of \ Rurrenabaque, 10 Nov \ 1956 (L. Peña) ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 161875 ” “ COLEÇÃO \ CARLOS SEABRA ” “ S. Francisco \ Chapare-Bolivia \ Abril 1956 \ A. Frosen ”; 7 females (SEMC), “ BOLIVIA Santa \ Cruz Santiago \ November 1959 ”; 5 females (SEMC), “ BOLIVIA Santa \ Cruz Roboré \ October 1959 ”; BRAZIL, Acre, 1 female (INPA), “ Brasil, Acre \ Rio Branco \ 09 º 58 ’ S S 67 º 48 ’ W \ 25 / IV / 2002 ” “ Em lanterneira \ (Lophantera \ lactesscens) \ Oliveira et al. leg. ”; Bahia, 1 female, “ DZUP \ 162082 ” “ JEQUIE-BA \ Brasil VIII 64 \ C. Elias – LEG ”; Espírito Santo, 1 female, “ DZUP \ 162145 ” “ BAIXO GUANDU-ES \ BRASIL- 4 / 11 / 1970 \ Claudionor Elias ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 161901 ” “ COLATINA – ES \ BRASIL- 15 / 4 / 1966 \ CLAUDIONOR ELIAS ”; 1 male, “ DZUP \ 161885 ” “ CONCEIÇÃO DA BARRA \ ES-BR 20 / 2 - 5 / 3 / 68 \ C. & C. T. Elias leg. ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 161888 ” “ CONC. DA BARRA-ES \ BRASIL 23 / 11 / 969 \ C. T. & C. Elias ”, 4 females (DZUP), idem except “ 027068 ” “ 12 / 61969 ”, “ 161906 ” “ 5 / 5 / 1969 ”, “ 161928 ” “ 19 / 5 / 1969 ”, “ 161900 ” “ 4 / 2 / 1970 ”; 1 male, “ DZUP \ ITAPINA – E. SANTO \ BRASIL 18 - 23 / XII / 67 \ C. T. Elias leg. ”; 1 male, “ DZUP \ 161884 ” “ LINHARES – E. SANTO \ BRASIL 24 - 31 / 7 / 72 \ C. Elias leg. ”; 1 male (AMNH), “ BRAZIL: Espírito Santo \ Linhares Sept. 1972 \ M. Alvarenga ”; 1 male, “ DZUP \ 161943 ” “ SANTA TERESA-ES \ BRASIL 26 / 8 / 1966 \ C. T. & C. Elias ”, 5 females (DZUP), idem except “ 161904 ” “ 4 / 12 / 1966 ”, “ 161905 ” “ 4 / 12 / 1966 ”, “ 161898 ” “ 8 / 11 / 1967 ”, “ 162143 ” “ 21 / 11 / 966 ”, “ 161899 ” “ 5 / 1 / 1967 ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 161949 ” “ Sta. TERESA-ES \ Brasil 23 - I- 64 \ C. ELIAS leg ”, 1 male (DZUP), idem except “ 161902 ” “ 28 - III- 64 ”; 1 male, “ DZUP \ 161953 ” “ SANTA LEOPOLDINA \ ES-BRASIL- 9 / 9 / 66 \ C. T. Elias ”, 1 female, “ DZUP \ 162144 ” “ SÃO ROQUE-ES \ BRASIL- 5 / 5 / 966 \ C. Elias leg. ”; Goiás, 1 female (MNRJ), “ JATAÍ \ GOYAS, BRASIL ” “ F. M. Oliveira \ XI- 72 ”; 1 male, “ DZUP \ 161940 ” “ Brasil, Goiás, 11 km SE de \ Campos Belos, 13 º 07 ’ 32 ” S \ 46 º 44 ’ 29 ” W, 650 m, 04. iv. 2003, \ Melo, Aguiar, Marchi e \ Gonçalves, em cerradão sobre \ massapé, em Hyptis ”, 1 male and 1 female (DZUP), idem except “ 161936 ” and “ 161907 ”; Maranhão, 1 female (LEA), “ Turu, S. Luis Ma, BR \ 23 / XI / 02 \ ARAGÃO – LEG ” “ Paratetrapedia \ sp 3 \ 9: 00 – 10: 00 \ 0750 ”, 3 females (LEA), idem except “ 21 / VI / 03 ” “ Paratetrapedia \ tarsalis (F) \ 9: 00 – 10: 00 \ 1296 ”, “ 21 / VI / 03 ” “ Paratetrapedia \ tarsalis (F) \ 7: 00 – 8: 00 \ 1280 ”, “ 28 / IX / 02 ” “ Paratetrapedia sp 3 (F) \ 8: 00 – 9: 00 \ 0478 ”; 1 female (LEA), “ São Luís MA, Brasil \ 10 - VII- 2000 \ Cruz & Sodré leg. ” “ Pl. nº 46 \ Hr: 8 - 9 ” “ Paratetrapedia sp. 6 \ 861 ”, 1 male (LEA), idem except “ Pl. nº 34 \ Hr: 8 - 9 ” “ Paratetrapedia sp. 4 \ 887 ”; 1 male (LEA), “ São Luís MA, Brasil \ 25 - VI- 2000 \ Cruz & Sodré leg. ” “ Pl. nº 34 \ Hr: 13 - 14 ” “ Paratetrapedia sp. 4 \ 311 ”; 1 male (LEA), idem except “ Pl. nº 13 \ Hr: 14 - 15 ” “ 373 ”; 1 female (LEA) “ São Luís, MA, Br \ 24 / VI / 2000 \ Cruz & Sodré leg ” “ Saco \ Hr: 7 - 8 ”, 2 females (LEA), idem except “ Pl. 36 \ Hr: 7 - 8 ” “ Paratetrapedia sp. 6 \ 418 ”, “ Pl. no 34 \ Hr. 13 - 14 ” “ Paratetrapedia sp. 6 \ 1028 ”; 1 female (LEA), “ Hr. 8: 00 - 9: 00 ” “ SÃO LUÍS MA \ Brasil 4 - 7 - III- 1984 \ Albuquerque leg. ”; 1 female (LEA), “ Hr. 6: 00 - 7: 00 ” “ SÃO LUÍS MA \ Brasil 19 - III- 1984 \ Albuquerque leg. ”; 1 female (LEA), “ Ilha de Curupu, MA \ Br. 11 IX / 1999 \ Souza & Martins leg ” “ Pt. Nº 006 \ Hr. 14 - 15 ”; 1 female (LEA), idem except “ 06 VII / 2000 \ 683 ” “ Hr. 08 - 09 ”, 1 female (FCVZ), idem except “ 07 / II / 2000 \ 687 ” “ Hr. 08 - 09 ”; 1 female (RPSP), “ RPSP \ 07.0632 ” “ Hr. 8: 00 - 9: 00 ” “ SAO LUIS MA \ Brasil 15 IX 1984 \ Albuquerque leg. ” “ Paratetrapedia \ (Lophopedia) \ tarsalis \ Vachal, 1909 ”, 3 females (RPSP), idem except “ 07.0635 ” “ Hr. 11: 00 - 12: 00 ” “ 19 - VIII- 1984 ”, “ RPSP \ 0 7.0 634 ” “ 2. ix. 1984 ” “ Paratetrapedia sp. 4 ”, “ RPSP \ 0 7.0 633 ” “ 19. VIII- 1984 ” “ Paratetrapedia sp. ”; Mato Grosso, 1 male, “ DZUP \ 161931 ” “ Cáceres, MT \ 5. XII. 1984 \ C. Elias leg. ” “ POLONOROESTE ”, 4 females (DZUP), idem except “ 161941 ” “ 27 / III / 1985 ”, “ 027055 ”, “ 027056 ” and “ 161886 ”; 1 female (RPSP), “ RPSP \ 000127 ” “ Faz. Buriti, Nova Mutum \ MT, BRASIL 07. I. 2000 \ H. F. Mendes leg. ”; 5 females (SEMC), “ BRASIL: Guaporé \ Pimenta Bueno \ November 1980 \ (M. Alvarenga) ”; Mato Grosso do Sul, 1 female, “ DZUP \ Brasil, Mato Grosso do Sul \ rodovia MS 384, 18 km NW \ de Bela Vista \ 22 º 02 ’ S 56 º 40 ’ W, 190 m \ 25. ii. 2004, Melo & Aguiar ”; Minas Gerais, 1 female, “ DZUP \ 161903 ” “ BARBACENA – MG \ Brasília 14 - 15 - II- 62 \ M. Alvarenga ”; 1 female (UFMG) “ Abelhas da Zona \ Metalúrgica MG \ Est. Ecológica \ 932 - 2375 ” “ Belo Horizonte MG \ BRASIL 27 / 01 / 1997 \ E. A. B. Almeida ”; 1 female (UFMG), “ Abelhas da Zona \ Metalúrgica MG \ Est. Ecológica \ 932 - 2374 ” “ Belo Horizonte MG \ BRASIL 27 / 01 / 1997 \ E. A. B. Almeida ”; 1 female (UFMG), “ Plano de Manejo \ Pq. E. S. Rola- Moça \ APE-Barreiro \ 11441 - 34034 ” “ Belo Horizonte MG \ BRASIL 19 / 11 / 2004 \ N. G. Fonseca ”; 1 female (UFMG), “ Abelhas da Zona \ Metalúrgica MG \ Mus. Hist. Natural \ 1338 - 3416 ” “ Belo Horizonte MG \ BRASIL 15 / 05 / 1997 \ R. M. Carmo ”; 1 male, “ DZUP \ 161938 ” “ Brasil, Minas Gerais, \ Marilac, 29. XII. 1994, \ Gabriel A. R. Melo ” “ Cabeceira do Bugre \ (42 º 10 W, 18 º 30 ’ S) \ Área de mata, 500 m ”; 1 male (UFMG), “ Água Fria \ 7212 - 21425 ” “ Divinópolis MG \ BRASIL 26 / 12 / 1999 \ e. F. Morato ”; 1 male (UFMG), “ Plano de Manejo \ Pq. E. S. Rola-Moça \ APE-Barreiro \ 11435 - 34002 ” “ Ibirité MG \ BRASIL 19 / 11 / 2004 \ A. A. Azevedo ”; 3 females (MEUV), “ Local Janaúba MG \ Data 11 / 01 / 86 \ Col. G. A. R. Melo ”; 1 female (UFMG), “ Abelhas Espinhaço \ Pq. E. do Rio Preto \ 10131 - 29724 ” “ São Gonçalo do Rio Preto MG \ BRASIL 19 / 10 / 2004 \ R. B. Martinez ”; 1 female (UFMG), “ Abelhas Espinhaço \ Pq. E. do Rio Preto \ 10131 - 29720 ” “ São Gonçalo do Rio Preto MG \ BRASIL 19 / 10 / 2004 \ A. A. Azevedo ”; 1 female (UFMG), “ Abelhas- Cerrado \ Mannesmann \ Fazenda Itapoã \ 2633 - 7838 ” “ Paraopeba MG \ BRASIL 23 / 09 / 1998 \ V. Silva ” “ Paratetrapedia \ (Lophopedia) sp. 16 \ F. A. Silveira, det. 2000 ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 161874 ” “ Paraopeba, MG, Brasil \ Data 04 / 11 / 1986 \ F. A. Silveira ” “ 67 / 201 ”; 1 female (MEUV), “ 87 / 237 ” “ Paraopeba, MG, Brasil \ Data 05 / 11 / 1986 \ F. A. Silveira ”; 1 male (UFMG), “ Est. Ecol. Panga \ 3942 - 11279 ” “ Uberlândia nº 01 \ Estaç. Ecológica do Panga \ Col. Simone C. S. Silva \ P. carthagensis 20 / 11 / 97 ”; 1 male, “ DZUP \ 161939 ” “ Brasil, Minas Gerais, \ Viçosa, Campus da \ UFV, Apiário, 20. iii. \ 1987, G. A. R. Melo, \ em flor de alfavacão ”, 1 male, “ DZUP \ 161937 ” “ Brasil, Minas Gerais, \ Viçosa, Campus da \ UFV, Apiário, 20. iii. \ 1987, G. A. R. Melo, \ em flor de alfavacão ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 161908 ” “ 1363 / 1 / 78 ” “ Brasil, Minas Gerais, \ Viçosa, Mata do \ Paraíso, 29. iii. 1987, \ G. Melo & A. Soares ”; 1 female (MEUV), “ Local Viçosa-MG \ Data. 15 / 03 / 86 \ Col. G. Melo ”; 1 male (MEUV), “ VIÇOSA MG \ Brasil 27 / 3 / 87 \ G. A. R. Melo ” “ 11.45. I. 67 ”; 1 female (MEUV), “ Viçosa MG \ Brasil 11 / 02 / 89 \ Brasil 11 / 02 / 89 \ G. S. Bastos Fo. ” “ UFV Fenologia \ Zona 2 Hora 12 \ Ex Pta 62 A ”; Paraíba, 1 female, “ DZUP \ 161955 ” “ Brasil, Paraíba, \ Areia, X- 1999 \ A. J. C. Aguiar ”, 1 male (DSEC), “ Brasil, Paraíba, \ Areia, X – 1999 \ A. J. C. Aguiar ”; 1 female (DSEC), “ 2466 ” “ Brasil; PB; Mamanguape; \ Res. Biol. Guaribas \ 6 º 41 ’ S / 35 º 07 ’ W \ 16 / II / 2000 \ AJCAguiar leg ”, 10 females (DSEC); idem except “ 2425 ”, “ 2443 ”, “ 2726 ”, “ 2478 ”, “ 2876 ” “ 16 / III / 2000 ”, “ 2922 ” “ 16 / III / 2000 ”, “ 2553 ” “ 18 / II / 2000 ”, “ 2576 ” “ 18 / II / 2000 ”, “ 2525 ” “ 17 / II / 2000 ”, “ 08 I 2002 \ M. F. C. de Lima leg. ” “ sp 2 5375 \ P. 35 \ 14: 30 ”; 1 female (UFPE), “ MAMANGUAPE PB \ Res. Biol. Guaribas \ Brasil 11.1.2000 \ C. Schlindwein leg. ” “ 2005 UFPE ” “ P 806 L 93 \ 17 oo \ Byrsonima sericea ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 161951 ” “ Brasil, PB, Rio Tinto, \ Barra de Mamanguape, \ Mata Miriri, 02 / II / 2002 \ M. C. M. Silva col. ”; Paraná, 1 female (AMNH), “ BRAZIL, Paraná, \ Curitiba \ 14. Dec. 1955 \ (Michener & Lange) ”; 1 male, “ DZUP \ 161942 ” “ GUARAQUEÇABA-PR \ BRASIL 8 - 10 / 12 \ 1970 – V. Becker ”; 1 male, “ DZUP \ 162091 ” “ Brasil, Paraná, Palmeira, \ RPPN Papagaios Velhos, \ borda da mata, 24. ii. 2007, \ 1062 m, 25 º 26 ’ 11 ” S e \ 49 º 47 ’ 99 ” W, A. Aguiar, A. \ Martins, J. Gillung ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 161935 ” “ Brasil, PR, Piraquara, \ Mananciais da Serra, \ 25. iii. 2003, AJCAguiar ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 161893 ” “ Brasil, PR, Piraquara, \ Mananciais da Serra, \ 25. iii. 2003, AJCAguiar ”, 1 male (DZUP), idem except “ 162086 ”; 1 male, “ DZUP \ 162094 ” “ Brasil, Paraná, \ Piraquara, Mananciais \ da Serra, 16. iv. 2005 \ Melo, Aguiar & Grossi ”, 1 male (DZUP), idem except “ 162124 ”; 1 male, “ DZUP \ 162122 ” “ Guaratuba, PR \ Pontal do Itararé \ 04. III. 2006 \ 1400 m; P. Grossi ”, 1 female and 2 males (DZUP), idem except “ 162126 ”, “ 162125 ”, “ 162142 ”; Pernambuco, 1 female, “ DZUP \ 161948 ” “ CARUARU (800 m) - PE \ BRASIL V / 72 \ J. M. Lima leg. ”; Rio de Janeiro, 1 female, “ 162147 ” “ SILVESTRE \ Guanabara Brasil \ 4 - IV- 1960 \ M. Alvarenga leg. ”; Rondônia, 1 female, “ DZUP \ 161945 ” “ Vilhena, RO \ 29 / X / 1986 \ C. Elias, leg. \ POLONOROESTE ”, 1 female (DZUP), idem except “ 027064 ”; Santa Catarina, 1 male, “ DZUP \ 162093 ” “ Brasilien \ Nova Teotonia \ 27 º 11 ’ B – 52 º 23 ’ L \ Fritz Plaumann \ 300 - 500 m \ III- 1951 ”; São Paulo, 1 male, “ DZUP \ 162104 ” “ BRASIL, São Paulo, \ Barra do Turvo, \ 7. i. 2006, Aguiar, \ Melo & Farias ”; 1 female (UNESP), “ UNESP Bauru SP \ Brasil 18.07.1996 \ Col.: F. Noll P 4 \ 14: 30 ”, 1 female (UNESP), “ UNESP Bauru SP \ Brasil 19.7.1993 \ Col.: F. Noll 4 \ 9: 55 CU ”, 1 female (UNESP), “ UNESP Bauru SP \ Brasil 11.11.1997 \ Col.: F. Noll P 74 \ 9: 20 CU ”, 1 female (UNESP), “ UNESP Bauru SP \ Brasil 18.07.1996 \ Col.: F. Noll P 4 \ 14: 50 CU ”; 1 male (DZUP) “ DZUP \ 162092 ” “ Brasil, São Paulo, \ Luís Antonio, Est. \ Ecol. de Jataí, 22. iv. \ 1999, G. A. R. Melo ”; 1 female (SM), “ Cerrado-Est. Ecol. Jatai-SP \ BR 22 X 1991 no. 0222 \ h: 10 - 12 Mateus, S. Leg. ” “ sp. 5 ”; 1 female (DZUP) “ DZUP \ 161947 ” “ Brasil, São Paulo, \ Ribeirão Preto, \ Campus da USP, \ 12 III 2000, Melo ”; 1 female (DZUP) “ DZUP \ 161950 ” “ Brasil, São Paulo, \ Ribeirão Preto, \ Campus da USP, \ 12 III 2000, Melo ”; 1 male, “ DZUP \ 162146 ” “ S. Paulo \ S. Amaro \ J. Lane col. \ x- 60 ”; 1 female (AMNH), “ BRAZIL, Sao \ Paulo, Sao Paulo \ I- 28 - 1964 \ V. N. Alin ”; PERU, 1 female (SEMC), “ PERU, Ucayali: \ Pucalpa \ 10 - XI- 1992 \ Luis Peña ”; 1 female (CLAUS), “ PERU, MD, Tambopata \ Jungle Lodge 225 m a. s. l. \ S 12 49,456 W 69 24,163 \ 15 - 19 ix 01, C. Rasmussen leg ”; Trinidad and Tobago, 2 males (AMNH), “ TRINIDAD, W. I. \ 4 Mi. E. Valencia \ II- 16 - 1964 \ J. G. Rozen ”.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFA22A07CBD1FE8C13791EB5.taxon	discussion	Comments and Diagnosis. Lophopedia nigriceps can be distinguished from L. flava by the mesoscutum dark brown; frons usually dark brown; integumental sculptures of frons composed only of dense coarse punctures on male, and coarse punctures intermingled with finely minute on female; disc of scutellum with dense and long pubescence on disc, longer than the mesoscutum; scutellum profile abruptly declivous. The male of L. nigriceps present the marginal bands on terga pale yellow and occupies less than third of margin laterally on T 4, while on L. savanicola sp. nov. the marginal bands on terga are reddish brown, almost black, and occupies more than third of margin laterally on T 4. The male genitalia of L. nigriceps is identical to L. haeckeli.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFA22A07CBD1FE8C13791EB5.taxon	distribution	Distribution: BOLIVIA (Fig. 19).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFA32A01CBD1FAC115121AA5.taxon	description	Lophopedia nigrispinis; Aguiar (2007): 617.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFA32A01CBD1FAC115121AA5.taxon	discussion	Comments and diagnosis. Lophopedia nigrispinis is distinctive mainly due to the integument mostly black, wing membrane dark brown infumated, mesepisternum with dense punctures on omaular area, lamella of pronotal collar with lateral portions low on female (as L. fulviventrris sp. nov.; Fig. 77), T 5 – T 6 with marginal band of plumose hairs complete on males. It can be distinguished from L. fulviventris sp. nov. by the scrobal line on mesepisternun not depply sulcate, and can be distinguished from L. pygmaea by the omaulus convex, not carinate.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFA32A01CBD1FAC115121AA5.taxon	distribution	Distribution: ARGENTINA: Salta, Tucumán; BRAZIL: Bahia, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo, Santa Catarina; PARAGUAY (Fig. 22).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFFA32A01CBD1FAC115121AA5.taxon	description	Variation. The terga and sterna can vary in color. Most of the specimens present the integument mostly black, but few specimens of the northern portions (Bahia, Vitória da Conquista) present the metasoma pale brown and wings pale brown infumated. Some specimens present one of the lateral portions of pronotal lamella lower than the other. The yellow marks on male head can be completely absent. Most of the male specimens examined present the mandible yellow with apices black, labrum completely yellow, clypeus mostly yellow, yellow stripe on paraocular area extending above the height of antennal fovea, lower margin of clypeus with a small yellow mark on the mid portion, lower third of genal area with a thin yellow stripe. The pubescence of hind leg can be completely black or pale yellow. The females can present labrum completely black or yellow, or black with lateral margins yellow. T 5 – T 6 of male with marginal bands of plumose hairs complete, and T 4 mostly glabrous with only a very short marginal hair band laterally; except for one male specimen of Paraná (DZUP / 161916) that has a complete marginal band on T 4.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF992A38CBD1FF2913F31FC8.taxon	discussion	Comments and Diagnosis. Lophopedia paraensis sp. nov. is very similar to L. minor sp. nov. and L. apicalis. Lophopedia paraensis sp. nov. can be distinguished mainly by the pale brown sterna of male and female, and the marginal hair bands of terga completely absent. Lopohopedia paraensis sp. nov. is also distinguished by the terminalia of male, pubescence of S 6 and S 7 and genitalia with a very short lateral lobe of gonostyli. The S 6 of males of L. paraensis present setae occupying mostly the surface of apical portion and on L. minor the setae are shorter and distributed mostly on apical margin. The females of L. paraensis sp. nov., L. minor sp. nov. and L. apicalis are mainly identified by the geographic distribution. The female specimens listed of L. paraensis sp. nov. were tentatively associate with the males by the geographic distribution.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF992A38CBD1FF2913F31FC8.taxon	distribution	Distribution: BRAZIL: Amapá, Amazonas, Goiás, Pará; FRENCH GUIANA (Fig. 20).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF992A38CBD1FF2913F31FC8.taxon	description	Description. Holotype male (DZUP, 162151). Body length: 6.0 mm. Color. Integument mostly dark brown to black, except mandible pale yellow with apices black; labrum yellow; clypeus with a wide yellow mark on lower and lateral margins; supraclypeal area with a small yellow mark on lower margin; paraocular area with a thin yellow stripe occupying the lower third; scape, pedicel and flagellomeres reddish orange; scape with lower fourth pale yellow (Fig. 78). Mediotarsus and distitasus pale yellow; tibial spurs dark brown. Wing membrane pale brown infumated with numerous dark brown microtrichiae; veins on proximal half dark brown; petrostigma and distal veins pale yellow to orange. Pubescence. Mostly pale brown; except for labrum, paraocular area, genal area, lower mandible margin, sternal margins and tergal margins with white pubescence. Low paraocular area, under the antenall fovea, with dense pale white plumose pubescence; genal area with dense very short white plumose pubescence. Mesoscutum and scutellum with dense very short pubescence, velvet-like; on scutellum about 2 x longer than in mesoscutum, and intermingled with erect long simple setae (ca. 1.5 x F 2 diameter). Mesepisternum with sparse short pale brown hairs. Terga mostly smooth; T 3 − 4 with a very short maginal hairs band of dark brown plumose hairs, occupying less than third of margin laterally; margins of T 5 and T 6 completelly smooth; S 2 − 5, with pubescence pattern of the genus; S 6 with numerous stout setae on apical portion. Integument sculpture. Clypeus and supraclypeal area with dense coarse punctures (<0.5 pd); frons with dense and sparse coarse punctures (0.5 − 2 pd), with some small smooth areas on lateral portions of disc; low paraocular area, antennal scrobe with dense finely minute punctures (1 pd); mesoscutum with dense finely minute punctures (<0.5 pd); scutellum with dense fine punctures, coarser than mesoscutum; mesepisternum with mostly sparse coarse punctures (2 pd). Metapostnotum mostly smooth, with sparse finely minute punctures. Structure. Head: width, 2.32, length, 1.73; clypeus: length, 0.65, width, 1.00; maximum T 2 width: 2.16; lower interocular distance: 1.06; upper interocular distance: 1.37; scape: maximum width, 0.17, length, 0.68; length of F 1 − F 3: 0.19, 0.09, 0.15; F 2 diameter: 0.19; fore wing length, including the tegulae: 6.80. Lamella of pronotal collar strongly concave in dorsal view and contacting the anterior margin of mesoscutum. Scutellum strongly convex. Paratype female (DZUP 162151). Body length: 6.4 mm. Color. Similar to male, except clypeus with only two pale yellow spots on margin laterally; supraclypeal area and paraocular area completely dark brown; mediotarsus and distitarsus completelly dark brown; hind basitarsus pale yellow. Pubescence. Similar to male; except for T 5 − T 6 with marginal band of simple hairs complete; scope of hind basitarsus white plumose. Integument sculpture. Similar to male, except for frons with finely minute punctures intermingled with coarse sparse punctures on frons disc; finely minute punctures on mesoscutum; scutellum with finely minute punctures intermingled with saprse ccoarse pucntures (<0.5 pd). Structure. Head: width, 2.44, length, 1.97; clypeus: length, 0.63, width, 1.06; maximum T 2 width: 2.22; lower interocular distance: 1.02; upper interocular distance: 1.41; scape: maximum width, 0.18, length, 0.65; length of F 1 − 3: 0.19, 0.09, 0.15; F 2 diameter: 0.19; fore wing length, including the tegulae: 6.56. Variation. One of the female specimens from Amazonas presents a small yellow mark on lower mrgin of supraclypeal area. Two of the four specimens from Amazonas do not present the fine punctures on disc of frons.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF992A38CBD1FF2913F31FC8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name refers to the antique Brazilian state of Grão Pará.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF992A38CBD1FF2913F31FC8.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male, “ DZUP \ 162150 ” “ APA CURIÁU-AP \ 15 / 02 / 03 \ Col. R. Frazão \ Sítio Manoel ”. Paratypes: BRAZIL, Amapá: “ DZUP \ 162151 ” “ APA CURIÁU-AP \ 15 / 02 / 03 \ Col. R. Frazão \ Sítio Manoel ”; 1 female (MPEG), “ Brasil Amapá \ 23 - XI- 1981 \ Goarayeb e equipe ” “ CURIAU \ Armadilha \ Supensa 4 m ”; 1 female (MPEG), “ Brasil Pará \ Serra Norte \ SALOBO \ 11. VIII. 1984 ” “ Brasil Pará \ W. França ”; Amazonas, 1 female, “ DZUP \ 029489 ” “ Brasil, Amazonas, Manaus, \ Margem do Rio Negro; praia do \ Tupé; 22.10.2006 ”; AJCAguiar ”, 3 females (DZUP), idem except “ 029488 ”, “ 029460 ”, “ 029490 ”; Goiás, 1 male, “ DZUP \ 161880 ” “ Brasil, Goiás, 20 km SE de \ Campos Belos, 13 º 10 ’ S \ 46 º 40 ’ W 04. iv. 2003 \ G. Melo, A. Aguiar, P. Marchi \ & R. Gonçalves, Cerradão \ sobre Massapé ”; Pará, 1 male (DZUP), “ Tetrapedia 3 \ mandibularis Friese \ det. Ducke 1913 ” “ Pará \ 20.11.99 ” “ Coll. Ducke \ 1955 ”; 1 male (DZUP), “ Macapá \ 19.05.1900 \ Ducke ” “ Brazil \ Estado do \ Pará ”; FRENCH GUIANA, 1 male (SEMC), “ FRENCH GUIANA \ Kourou, km 17 SW. \ 7 march 1977 \ D. Roubik, No. 106 ”; 1 female, “ FRENCH GUIANA \ 15 KM sw Sinnamary \ x- 8 - 76, Winston, \ Otis & Michener ”.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF9D2A3BCBD1FCF1146D1DE6.taxon	discussion	Comments and diagnosis. Lophopedia pulchra sp. nov. is very similar to L. savanicola sp. nov. due to the bicolored integument, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by the yellow mesepisternum and wing membrane yellow infumated with black microtrichia. It is only known the female from L. pulchra sp. nov. The registers of this species suggest that its distribution is associated with the Atlantic coastal forest on the Eastern Brazil.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF9D2A3BCBD1FCF1146D1DE6.taxon	distribution	Distribution: BRAZIL: Espírito Santo, Santa Catarina, São Paulo (Fig. 22).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF9D2A3BCBD1FCF1146D1DE6.taxon	description	Description. Holotype female. Body length: 7.92. Color. Mostly orange-yellow, except for a large black spot occupying the midle line of frons and upper paraocular area; mesoscutum black with two thin yellow stripes on disc and lateral margins; mesepisternum reddish-brown ventrally; wing membrane yellow infumated; black microtrichia distributed on all membrane; veins yellow hyaline. Pubescence. Mostly golden yellow to pale yellow, except for simple long setae reddish brown on proximal portion of hind tibia; hind tibia with simple and plumose black hairs. Clypeus with sparse erect simple setae; mesoscutum and scutellum with velvet pubescence very short pubescence, velvet-like; on mesoscutum with very short sparse simple erect setae; on scutellum with sparse long simple setae (ca. 0.09 − 0.2 mm in length); metapostnotum with very short sparse hairs; T 5 − T 6 with marginal bands of simple setae golden yellow. Integument sculpture. Clypeus and supraclypeal area with dense to contiguous coarse punctures (<0.5 pd), upper margin of clypeus almost smooth; frons with dense coarse punctures (ca. 0.51 pd); middle line of frons slightly concave and smooth; vertex with very finely minute punctures (<0.5 pd), intermingled with few sparse fine punctures (> 3 pd); scutellum with dense finely minute punctures intermingled (1 pd) with sparse fine punctures (ca. 3 pd); mesepisternum with coarse shallow punctures, dense on omaular area (<0.5 pd) and mostly sparse on the remaining area of sclerite (> 2 pd); metapostnotum with sparse very finely minute punctures (> 2 pd). Structure. Head: width, 2.63, length, 2.00; clypeus: length, 0.66, width, 1.04; wing length, including tegulae: 7.04; maximum T 2 width: 2.48; lower interocular distance: 1.10; upper interocular distance: 1.49; scape: maximum width, 0.17, length, 0.61; length of F 1 − F 3: 0.23, 0.09, 0.17; F 2 diameter: 0.19.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF9D2A3BCBD1FCF1146D1DE6.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name refers to the beautiful color of the integument.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF9D2A3BCBD1FCF1146D1DE6.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype female, “ DZUP \ 023615 ” " CONC. DA BARRA-ES \ BRASIL- 4 / 4 / 1968 \ C. T. & C. Elias ". Paratypes: BRAZIL, Espírito Santo, 1 female, “ DZUP \ 023591 ” " CONC. DA BARRA-ES \ BRASIL- 4 / 4 / 1968 \ C. T. & C. Elias "; Santa Catarina, 1 female (UFSC), “ Brasil, SC, Pomerode \ Bairro Testo Alto \ 0.7. iv. 2007 \ Rafael Kamke leg. ” “ Vernonia \ polianthes \ Asteraceae \ Rafael Kamke det. 2007 ” “ CJS 2950 ” “ Vernonia tweedieana ”; São Paulo, 1 female, “ DZUP \ 023600 ” " Boracéia \ XII- 51 \ Travassos ".	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF9E2A35CBD1F932145C1FBC.taxon	description	Tetrapedia pygmaea; Schrottky (1913): 260. Tetrapedia albipes; Lutz and Cockerell (1920): 568.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF9E2A35CBD1F932145C1FBC.taxon	description	Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) albitarsis; Rasmussen and Ascher (2008): 22. Lophopedia pygmaea; Aguiar (2007): 617.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF9E2A35CBD1F932145C1FBC.taxon	discussion	Comments and diagnosis. Lophopedia pygmaea is the only species with mesepisternum carinate laterally on omaular area. Also, the female can be distinguished from the remaining species by the mandible with two preapical teeth. The male is very distinctive due to the pubescence on apices of S 6 with erect stout setae along the mid line. Aguiar and Melo (2005) presented a complete redescription of the lectotype of L. pygmaea. The wide distribuition of L. pygmaea associated to variation in color and size could indicate that it represents a complex of species wich must be an object of a further study.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF9E2A35CBD1F932145C1FBC.taxon	distribution	Distribution: BOLIVIA; BRAZIL: Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, Santa Catarina, São Paulo; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; ECUADOR, MEXICO; PARAGUAY; PERU; TRINIDAD and TOBAGO; VENEZUELA (Fig. 21).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF9E2A35CBD1F932145C1FBC.taxon	description	Variation. About half of the specimens from Venezuela present the metasoma completely orange yellow and wing membrane orange yellow infumated, and the other half are mostly black with wing membrane brown infumated. Two male and two female specimens from Mexico (Vera Cruz: “ coffee plantation ”; “ llano grande ”; Guerrero) present the metasoma mostly orange yellow but the wing membrane is similar to remaining specimens. The specimens from Southeasthern Brazil, Central America, and Mexico are almost 2 x larger than those from Trinidad and Tobago, Peru, Bolivia and Macapá (Brazil). The larger specimens present the scutellum weakly biconvex with the mid line sulcate and the smaller specimens from Bolivia and Peru present the scutellum convex. The male specimens usually present the T 5 – T 6 with a complete marginal band of plumose hairs. It was also observed the same pattern of variation of the shape of scutellum and body size of the specimens on the study of species of Paratetrapedia with similar pattern of distribution (Aguiar 2006).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF952A2DCBD1FAD113501A99.taxon	discussion	Comments and Diagnosis. Lophopedia savanicola sp. nov. is quite similar to Lophopedia pulchra sp. nov. and L. nigriceps by the pattern bicolor of integument. Lophopedia savanicola sp. nov. is mainly recognized by the wing membrane mostly yellow hyaline with pale yellow microtrichia. It can be easily distinguished from L. pulchra sp. nov. by the yellow mark on omaular area of the brown mesepisternum, and can be distinguished from L. nigriceps by the mesoscutum mostly dark brown.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF952A2DCBD1FAD113501A99.taxon	distribution	Distribution: BRAZIL: Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, São Paulo (Fig. 22).	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF952A2DCBD1FAD113501A99.taxon	description	Description. Holotype male. Body length: 6.48. Color. Integument mostly yellow; frons pale brown with two large ellipsoid yellow spots on disc; vertex with a yellow spot on eye margin; flagellomeres brown; mesoscutum brown with two thin yellow stripes on disc and other two on lateral margins; mesepisternum slightly brown on lower portion; hind leg slight brown; terga with marginal zone pale brown; wing membrane slight yellow infumated, hyaline on apical portion; wing veins light yellow; tibial spurs pale white. Pubescence. Integument mostly glabrous; pubescence on the head, mesosoma, and fore legs mostly pale yellow; pubescence on the middle and hind legs, and margins of terga mostly dark brown. Labrum with plumose short hairs on the lower third; clypeus mostly glabrous; paraocular area with sparse short plumose hairs; antennal scrobe and vertex with short dense plumose pubescence; frons disc with sparse short simple setae; gena with dense plumose pubescence, lower third with long simple setae; scape with short simple setae, less than 1 x F 2 diameter. Mesoscutum with very short sparse plumose hairs, intermingled with few sparse simple setae, ca. 0.05 mm length; scutellum with dense plumose hairs covering most of its surface, intermingled with sparse simple setae, ca. 0.15 mm length; mesepisternum mostly glabrous, with sparse simple setae, mainly on lower portion; metapostnotum with sparse plumose hairs, ca. 0.09 mm in length; T 1 − T 3 with sparse simple setae, without marginal bands of hairs; T 4 – T 6 with marginal band of brown plumose hairs, on T 4 almost complete, on T 5 − T 6, complete. S 2 with simple setae on margin, sinuous on the middle, disposed in a “ V ” shape; S 3 with sparse simple setae; S 4 with dense plumose decumbent hairs on margin, with lateral portions as long convergent fringes; S 5 mostly glabrous; S 6 with numerous simple setae on the apical portion. Integument sculpture. Clypeus and supraclypeal area with very coarse and contiguous punctures (<0.5 pd); paraocular area with sparse fine punctures (0.5 − 2 pd); antennal scrobe with finely minute punctures (1 pd); frons disc with coarse punctures (0.5 − 2 pd), integument between the punctures smooth and shiny; mesoscutum with finely minute punctures (> 1 pd), intermingled with very sparse and coarse punctures (> 3 pd); scutellum with finely minute punctures (> 0.5 − 1 pd), intermingled with fine punctures (1 − 2 pd); mesepisternum wit sparse coarse punctures (2 − 3 pd); metapostnotum with sparse finely minute punctures (> 2 pd). Structure. Head: width, 2.20, length, 1.97; clypeus: length, 0.65, width, 0.98; maximum T 2 width: 2.28; lower interocular distance: 1.04; upper interocular distance: 1.28; scape: maximum width, 0.15, length, 0.53; length of F 1 − F 3: 0.15, 0.09, 0.17; F 2 diameter: 0.17; fore wing length, including tegulae: 6.44. Pronotal lamella almost contacting the mesoscutum on mid portion. Scutelum weakly convex, almost flat. Female. (paratype; DZUP \ 162022). Body length: 7.44. Color. Similar to male, but darker; with large patches of reddish brown integument. Frons completely dark brown; upper paraocular area with a small faint yellow spot; mesoscutum black with thin yellow stripes on disc and lateral margins, yellow stripes on disc not contacting the anterior margin of mesoscutum; axilla reddish brown; metanotum with lateral portions reddishbrown with inner portion slightly yellow; mesepisternum and metepisternum reddish-brown; omaular area yellow; propodeum yellow with faint reddish-brown spots on lateral portions. Wing membrane mostly hyaline, slightly yellow infumated; wing veins yellow; microtrichia hyaline yellow. Fore legs yellow; middle and hind legs yellowish brown; hind tibial spurs pale yellow; terga with disc orange yellow and marginal zone reddish-brown; sterna completely yellow. Pubescence. Mostly golden yellow to pale white; tibia and basitarsus of middle and hind legs with dark brown pubescence; scopa of hind tibia with white plumose hairs on postero-distal portion; T 1 − T 4 without marinal bands, on T 5 – T 6 with complete marginal bands of simple brownish haris. Mesoscutum with dense velvet short plumose hairs, intermingled with short simple setae; scutellum with dense plumose hairs, slightly longer than in mesoscutum, intermingled with erect long simple setae (ca. 0.09 – 0.2 mm); metapostnotum with very short hairs. Integument sculpture. Similar to male, except for clypeus and supraclypeal area with shallow punctures; paraocular area mostly smooth, with fine sparse punctures; frons with dense coarse punctures (<0.5 − 2 pd) intermingled with finely minute punctures (1 pd); mesoscutum and scutellum with dense finely minute punctures (<0.5 pd), intermingled with sparse fine punctures (1 − 3 pd); mesepisternum mostly smooth, with sparse coarse punctures (0.5 – 3 pd); metapostnotum and propodeum with finely minute punctures (ca. 1 pd). Structure. Head: width, 2.56, length, 2.04; clypeus: length, 0.66, width, 1.00; maximum T 2 width: 2.48; lower interocular distance: 1.12; upper interocular distance: 1.47; scape: maximum width, 0.19, length, 0.60; length of F 1 − F 3: 0.23, 0.09, 0.17; F 2 diameter: 0.19; fore wing length, including tegulae: 6.44. Variation. The marginal band of plumose hairs on T 4 of males can vary between almost complete as in the holotype and the specimen from Ibiá, Minas Gerais (DZUP \ 023620), or occupying less than third of margin laterally as the specimens from Cáceres (DZUP \ 162056) and Ibiá (DZUP \ 023594). The frons could vary between completely dark brown, with small yellow spots, with faint yellow spots, or with large yellow spots. One specimen female from Bocaiúva (Minas Gerais) presents a color pattern of integument very different of the remainder specimens but it is structurally identical. This specimen presents the labrum, clypeus and frons completely black; yellow stripe on paraocular area conspicuous; mesoscutum dark brown with short thin yellow stripes; mesepisternum and propodeum completely black, scutellum and metanotum light orange brown, metasoma orange yellow.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). 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F256631BFF952A2DCBD1FAD113501A99.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name refers to the Cerrado savanna of South America.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
F256631BFF952A2DCBD1FAD113501A99.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male, “ DZUP \ 162055 ” “ Cáceres, MT \ 7 - II- 1985 \ C. Elias leg. \ POLONOROESTE ”. Paratypes: BRAZIL: Mato Grosso, 1 male, “ DZUP \ 162056 ” “ Caceres, MT \ 9 - 11 - XII- 1984 \ C. Elias leg. " " POLONOROESTE ”; Minas Gerais, 1 female, “ DZUP \ 023605 ” “ CAMPOS ALTOS- MG \ BRASIL- 28 / 8 / 965 \ C. Elias leg ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 023585 ” “ IBIÁ – BRASIL \ MG- 10 / 12 / 1965 \ C. Elias leg. ”, 1 male and 3 females (DZUP), idem except “ 023620 ”, “ 023609 ”, “ 023589 ”, “ 023618 ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 023611 ” " 84 / 233 " " Paraopeba, MG, Brasil \ Data 04 / 11 / 1986 \ F. A. Silveira " " Lophopedia \ sp. 3 ", 1 female (MEUV), “ 521 / 1404 ” “ Paraopeba, MG, Brasil \ Data 11 / 10 / 1987 ” “ Lophopedia \ F sp. 3 ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 023584 ” " PASSOS MG \ Br 20 - 25 XI 61 \ C. Elias leg. ", 2 females (DZUP), idem except “ 023597 ”, “ 023613 ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 023586 ” “ PASSOS-MG \ Brasil 13 - 18 XI- 61 \ Cladionor Elias ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 162022 ” “ BRASIL, Minas \ Gerais, Serra do \ Salitre, outubro / 2005 \ AJCAguiar ”; 1 female, “ DZUP \ 023593 ” “ TAPIRA-M. Gerais \ BRASIL- 30 / XI / 65 \ C. Elias leg ”; 1 female (UFMG), “ Abelhas-Cerrado \ Mannesmann \ Fazenda Corredor \ 2672 - 7988 ” “ Bocaiúva MG \ BRASIL 05 / 11 / 1998 \ A. A. Azevedo ” “ Paratetrapedia F \ (Amphipedia) \ sp. 22 \ F. A. Silveira, det. 2000 ”; 1 female (UFMG), “ Abelhas-Cerrado \ Mannesmann \ Fazenda Corredor \ 5796 - 15828 ” “ Felixlândia MG \ BRASIL 17 / 11 / 1999 \ A. A. Azevedo ” “ Paratetrapedia \ (Amphipedia) \ sp. 22 \ F. A. Silveira, det. 2000 ”, 1 female (UFMG), idem except “ 20 / 07 / 1999 \ A. Nemésio ”; 1 male (UFMG), “ Abelhas-Cerrado \ Mannesmann \ Fazenda Itapoli \ 2636 - 7842 ” “ Paraopeba MG \ BRASIL 23 / 09 / 1998 \ V. Silva ” “ Paratetrapedia M \ (Amphipedia) \ sp. 18 \ F. A. Silveira, det. 2000 ”; São Paulo, 1 female (SM), “ Cerrado-Est. Ecol. Jataí-SP, \ BR 0 3 XI 1992, no. 2354 \ h: 14 - 16 Mateus, S. leg. ”; 1 female (RPSP), “ Brasil SP Luiz Antônio E. E. Jataí \ 21 o 33 ’ S 47 o 42 ’ W 30. VII. 1999 \ M. C. Gaglianone leg. 10: 30 h, \ Banisteriopsis pubipetala ”.	en	Aguiar, Antonio J. C. (2009): Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189415
