Taxonomic revision, phylogenetic analysis, and biogeography of the bee genus Tropidopedia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini) |
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| Authors: | ANTONIO J C AGUIAR GABRIEL A R MELO |
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| Institution: | Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19020, Curitiba, 81530-980, Brazil; Graduate Program in Entomology, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19020, Curitiba, 81530-980, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | The species of the bee genus Tropidopedia stat. nov. are revised. Thirteen new species are proposed: T. carinata sp. nov. , T. caracicola sp. nov. , T. danunciae sp. nov. , T. duckeana sp. nov. , T. eliasi sp. nov. , T. flavolineata sp. nov. , T. friesei sp. nov. , T. japuraensis sp. nov. , T. nigrita sp. nov. , T. nigrocarinata sp. nov. , T. ornata sp. nov. , T. peruana sp. nov. and T. venezuelana sp. nov. Taxonomic notes are provided for another four species: Tropidopedia punctifrons (Smith, 1879) comb. nov. , T. pallidipennis (Friese, 1899) comb. nov. , T. seabrai (Michener & Moure, 1957) and T. arcuatilis (Vachal, 1909) comb. nov. , including designation of a lectotype for Tetrapedia arcuatilis Vachal. An identification key, illustrations for main diagnostic characters, and distributions maps for all species are provided. A phylogenetic analysis was carried out to evaluate the monophyly of Tropidopedia and its main species groups, as well as to position it among the related genera. Biogeographical patterns are discussed. © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 151 , 511–554. |
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| Keywords: | Lophopedia neotropical oil bees Paratetrapedia |
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