Lophopedia pygmaea ( Schrottky 1902 )
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Lophopedia pygmaea ( Schrottky 1902) View in CoL
( Figs. 5−11 View FIGURES 5 − 10 View FIGURES 11 − 16 , 21 View FIGURES 21 − 22 , 87−89 View FIGURES 87 − 89 )
Tetrapaedia [sic] pygmaea Schrottky 1902: 544 View in CoL ; lectotype male, examined (MZSP), BRAZIL: São Paulo, Jundiaí designated by Aguiar and Melo (2005): 32.
Tetrapedia tarsalis Vachal 1909: 29 View in CoL , holotype female, examined (MNHP), BOLIVIA: La Paz, Mapiri.
Tetrapedia albipes Friese 1916 View in CoL [1917]: 334; lectotype female, examined (ZMB), COLOMBIA: Popayan; designated by Aguiar (2007): 616.
Tetrapedia albitarsis Friese 1921: 90 View in CoL ; lectotype male, examined (ZMB), COSTA RICA: San José; designated by Aguiar (2007); new synonymy.
Tetrapedia pigmaea [sic] Schrottky (1902): 541.
Tetrapedia pygmaea View in CoL ; Schrottky (1913): 260.
Tetrapedia albipes View in CoL ; Lutz and Cockerell (1920): 568.
Paratetrapedia pygmaea View in CoL ; Moure (1942): 301 (description of female); Roig-Alsina (1997): 4; Sazima and Sazima (1989): 108.
Paratetrapedia albipes View in CoL ; Michener (1954): 116.
Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) pygmaea View in CoL ; Michener and Moure (1957): 414, figs. 16–18; Michener (2000): 671, figs. 106- 6d-f (draws of S7–S8 and genitalia); Pedro and Camargo (1999): 202; Silveira et al. (2002): 136; Aguiar and Melo (2005): 32 View Cited Treatment (description of the lectotype).
Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) albipes View in CoL ; Michener and Moure (1957): 415; Rasmussen and Ascher (2008): 22.
Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) tarsalis View in CoL ; Michener and Moure (1957): 415; Albuquerque and Rego (1989): 168; Rêgo and Albuquerque (1989): 185.
Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) cf. pygmaea View in CoL ; Pedro (1994): 252 (floral record: Byrsonima crassa (Malpighiaceae) View in CoL ; Vernonia rubriramea View in CoL ( Asteraceae View in CoL )). Pedro (1996): 251.
Lophopedia albitarsis ; Aguiar (2007): 616.
Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) albitarsis View in CoL ; Rasmussen and Ascher (2008): 22.
Lophopedia pygmaea ; Aguiar (2007): 617.
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 S6 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.
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 View FIGURES 21 − 22 ).
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 2x 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 T5–T6 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).
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Lophopedia pygmaea ( Schrottky 1902 )
Aguiar, Antonio J. C. 2009 |
Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) albitarsis
Rasmussen 2008: 22 |
Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) cf. pygmaea
Pedro 1996: 251 |
Pedro 1994: 252 |
Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) pygmaea
Aguiar 2005: 32 |
Michener 2000: 671 |
Pedro 1999: 202 |
Michener 1957: 414 |
Silveira et al. (2002) : 136 |
Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) albipes
Rasmussen 2008: 22 |
Michener 1957: 415 |
Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) tarsalis
Michener 1957: 415 |
Paratetrapedia albipes
Michener 1954: 116 |
Paratetrapedia pygmaea
Roig-Alsina 1997: 4 |
Sazima 1989: 108 |
Moure 1942: 301 |
Tetrapedia albitarsis
Friese 1921: 90 |
Tetrapedia albipes
Lutz 1920: 568 |
Tetrapedia pygmaea
Schrottky 1913: 260 |
Tetrapedia tarsalis
Vachal 1909: 29 |
Tetrapaedia [sic] pygmaea
Aguiar 2005: 32 |
Schrottky 1902: 544 |
Tetrapedia pigmaea
Schrottky 1902: 541 |