Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) nigriceps ( Friese, 1899 )

Aguiar, Antonio J. C. & Melo, Gabriel A. R., 2005, Notes on the type species of the subgenera Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) and P. (Amphipedia) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini), Zootaxa 1084, pp. 31-42 : 37-38

Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) nigriceps ( Friese, 1899)

Tetrapedia testacea var. nigriceps Friese, 1899: 298 . Lectotype male, here designated, Bolivia (ZMB).

Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) nigriceps ; Michener and Moure (1957): 415.

Comments

Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) nigriceps is structurally identical to P. (Lophopedia) haeckeli , differing only by the color of integument and pubescence. Pararetrapedia nigriceps possesses the integument and pubescence mostly orange yellow, except for a black frons in many specimens. The distribution and length of pubescence, sculpture, structure and morphology of male sterna 6–8 and genitalia are quite similar in P. nigriceps and P. haeckeli . Perhaps, these two forms could be treated as a single species. However, their distributions do not overlap: P. haeckeli occurs in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, while P. nigriceps is found only in Bolivia. The subgenus Lophopedia contains four additional species with a predominantly yellow integument, two already described and two undescribed (Aguiar, unpublished).

Type material

In the ZMB collection, there is only one specimen identified by Friese as Tetrapedia testacea var. nigriceps . This male specimen, bearing the following labels “ Bolivia \ 97” “M” “ Tetrapedia \ testacea \ v. nigriceps \ det. Friese 1898\ n. var.” “ Type ” [printed red label] “Zool. Mus.\ Berlin”, is here designated lectotype in order to stabilize the taxonomy of the group. Paralectotype: in the MZSP, there is one female specimen, identified by Friese, bearing the labels “954” “ Tetrapedia \ testacea \ v. nigriceps \ 1900 Friese det\ Fr.” “96929”, information associated with number 954 on the MZSP’s Record Book: “954, Tetrapedia testacea var. nigriceps Fr. , data 1897, Bolivia ”.

Additional examined material

Additional material, all from BOLIVIA: 1 female (AMNH), “BOLIVIA­GUANAY\ Uyapi­X.95\ Gerlach”; 1 female (AMNH), “ BOLIVIA, La Paz:\ Guanay\ 10­XI­1992 \ Luis Peña” “ Paratetrapedia \ ( Lophopedia ?) sp F\ Det. A.H. Smith­Pardo”; 2 males and 3 females (AMNH), “Bolivia­Beni\ Guanay­Uyapi”; 1 male and 2 females (AMNH), “Bolivia­Beni\ Guanay­Uyapi\ Arriagada X­96 ”; 2 males and 4 females (AMNH), “ BOLIVIA: Yungas\ de La Paz. Rio Choro\ La Paz Dept.\ 1000 m. X.30.1968”; 9 females (DZUP), “DZUP\ 23556” “NIGRILLANI­ 2500m.\ Enero 1950 \ G. Williner leg.\ N.

Yungas­Bolivia”, five specimens with same data except numbers 23562 to 23564, and 23560, other specimen with same data except the number 23565 and label “ Lophopedia \ nigriceps F\ (Friese)\ Pe. J. S. Moure 1988”, other specimen with same data except the number 23549 and the label “ Paratetrapedia \ nigriceps \ (Friese)\ P. Moure 1952”, other specimen with same data except the number 23561 and the label “ Lophopedia \ nigriceps \ (Fr.)\ Det. J. S. Moure 1957 ”; 3 males and 6 females (DZUP), “DZUP\ 23599” “R. ESPEJO IBANES\ S.C. BOLIVIA II­62 \ F.H. Walz, leg”, other eight specimens with same data except numbers 23588, 23592, 23595, 23598, 23601 to 23603, 23606; 2 females (DZUP), “Coleção\ Campos Seabra” “DZUP\ 23619” “Nigrillani\ NOR­YUNGAS\ I­ 1950 \ Pe. G. Williner”, other specimen with same data except the number 23614; 2 males and 1 female (SEMK), “Cristal Maya.\ Chapare, Cochab­\ amba Bol. 200m. \ XII­5­49 LE Pena”; 2 females (DZUP), “DZUP\ 23607” “Chulumani­\ 1.400m. Bolivia \ 27/X/1989 \ Mielke e\ Casagrande leg.”, other specimen with same data except the number 23568; 2 females (SEMK), “Chulumani\ Bolivia \ I­1949 \ F. H. Walz”; 2 females (SEMK), “Pdo. La Paz\ Bolivia \ 1700m, XII­49 \ A. Martinez”; 7 females (AMNH), “ BOLIVIA: La\ Paz. La Paz Dept. 3800­\ 4000m. X­27.1968”.