Lophopedia buchwaldi ( Cockerell 1914 )

Aguiar, Antonio J. C., 2009, Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini), Zootaxa 2193, pp. 1-52 : 11-12

Lophopedia buchwaldi ( Cockerell 1914)

( Figs. 18 , 31−33 )

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.

Distribution: Western ECUADOR ( Fig. 18 ).

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".

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 31 − 33. Lophopedia buchwaldi (Cockerell), paralectotype female (AMNH). Fig. 31: head, frontal view; Fig. 32: lateral view, white arrow indicate the acute angle of the omaulus; Fig. 33: dorsal view.