A new species of Tropidopedia from the Amazon rainforest, Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with a revised phylogenetic overview of the genus

Zootaxa. 2015 Oct 15;4032(2):203-8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.2.6.

Abstract

We describe a new species of the bee tribe Tapinotaspidini, Tropidopedia guaranae Mahlmann & Oliveira sp. n. from the Amazon rainforest, Amazonas, Brazil. We emend the phylogenetic tree of Aguiar & Melo (2007) to include the new species and comment upon some characters presented by those authors.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animal Distribution
  • Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
  • Animal Structures / growth & development
  • Animals
  • Bees / anatomy & histology
  • Bees / classification*
  • Bees / genetics
  • Bees / growth & development
  • Body Size
  • Brazil
  • Ecosystem
  • Female
  • Male
  • Organ Size
  • Phylogeny
  • Rainforest