Lophopedia klugi ( Friese, 1899 )

Aguiar, Antonio J. C., 2009, Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini), Zootaxa 2193, pp. 1-52 : 19-21

Lophopedia klugi ( Friese, 1899)

( Figs. 19 , 40−46 )

Tetrapedia klugi Friese, 1899: 300 ; holotype female, examined (ZMB), VENEZUELA: St. Parime (=Sierra Parima). Lophopedia klugi ; Aguiar (2007): 617.

Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) klugi ; Rasmussen and Ascher (2008): 62.

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 T4−T6. Lophopedia klugi present the omaular area of mesepisternum convex, with dense coarse punctures.

Distribution: COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; VENEZUELA ( Fig. 19 ).

Variation. The yellow marks on face and scutellum can vary in size; in some specimens completely absent.

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, 5000ft.\ 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/A1”; 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/B1”, “Capparis indica, 107/(18)2”; 1 female ( SEMC), “San Emilio, 29-VI-2001 \ J.

Memmott/ U. of Bristl\ on Hamellia patens, 65/E1” “ Paratetrapedia \ calcarata Cr.\ Det. C.D. Michener”; VENEZUELA, 1 male ( SEMC), “ VENEZUELA: Aragua\ Rancho Grande Biol. Stn., Porta Chuelo\ Pass, 10º21’0”N, 67º41’0”W, 1100m \ 4 JUN 1998; J.Ashe, R.Brooks,R.Hanley\ VEN1ABH98 186 ex: insects moving thru\ pass against wind-migration” “SMO334083\ KUNHM-ENT”, 1 male and 3 females ( SEMC), idem except “SM0 334077”, “SM0 334064”, “SM0 334089”, “SM0 334071”; 1 female ( SEMC), “ VENEZUELA: Lara\ Sanaré, 16.1 km SE\ Yacambú N P.; 1450m \ 9º42’0”N, 69º35’6”W 2 JUN \ 1996; J.Ashe, R. Brooks, R. Hanley\ VEN1ABH98 178” “SM0121930\ KUNHM-ENT”.

Figures

FIGURES 17 − 20. Distribution records for species of Lophopedia. Fig. 17: general distribution of the genus Lophopedia; Fig. 18: L. apicalis (●) and L. buchwaldi (˔); Fig. 19: L. flava (●), L. haeckeli (□), L. nigriceps (Δ), L. klugi (˔); Fig. 20: L. minor sp. nov. (●), L. paraensis sp. nov (Δ).

FIGURES 40 − 42. Lophopedia klugi (Friese), male. Fig. 40: head, frontal view; Fig. 41: lateral view; Fig. 42: dorsal view (white arrows indicate the postero-lateral yellow margins of scutellum and metanotum).

FIGURES 43 − 46. Lophopedia klugi (Friese), male genitalia. Figs. 43 − 44: S 6 − S 7; Figs. 45 − 46: genital capsule, ventral and dorsal views.