Species info
Classification > Subfamily Eucerinae > Tribe Tapisnostaspidini > Genus Paratetrapedia > Subgenus Lophopedia
Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) nigrispinis (Vachal, 1909)
Female in lateral view, El Destino, Magdalena, Buenos Aires (MLP) Photo: M.Lucia
Female in lateral view, El Destino, Magdalena, Buenos Aires (MLP) Photo: M.Lucia
Female in lateral view, El Destino, Magdalena, Buenos Aires (MLP) Photo: M.Lucia
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Solitary bees, wood and pith excavators
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Entre Ríos
    • Formosa
    • Misiones
    • Salta
    • Tucumán
Other distribution
Brazil and Paraguay
 
Synonyms
  • Tetrapedia morricola Strand, 1910
Host plants
Bidens sp., Carduus acanthoides, Galinsoga parviflora (Asteraceae), Begonia sp. (Begoniaceae), Trimezia spathata (floral oils) (Iridaceae); Hyptis sp., Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Lamiaceae); Cuphea fruticosa (Lythraceae); Banisteriopsis muricata, Callaeum psilophyllum, Dicella nucifera, Heteropterys intermedia, Heteropterys sp., Hiraea fagifolia, Mascagnia divaricata, Niedenzuella sericea, Stigmaphyllon bonariense, S. jatrophifolium (Malpighiaceae, collecting floral oils); Ludwigia sp. (Onagraceae); Oxalis sp. (Oxalidaceae); Mecardonia sp. (floral oils), Stemodia tetragona (Plantaginaceae), Richardia sp. (Rubiaceae), Verbena sp. (Verbenaceae) (Torretta & Roig-Alsina, 2017) Picris echioides (Asteraceae), Hyptis mutabilis (Lamiaceae) (Ramello et al. 2021)
References
  • AGUIAR, A. J. C. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zootaxa 2193: 1-52
  • TORRETTA, J.P. & ROIG-ALSINA, A. 2017. Las abejas colectoras de aceite del género Paratetrapedia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini) en la Argentina. Rev. Mus. Argent. Cienc. Nat. (n.s.) 19 (2): 131-140
  • ALVAREZ, L.J., SILVA, W.P., LUCIA, M. & AGUIAR, A.J.C. 2019. The first cases of gynandromorphism in oil, collecting bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae: Centridini, Tapinotaspidini). Pap. Avulsos Zool. (S. Paulo) 59: 1-5
  • AGUIAR, A.J.C., MELO, G.A.R., VASCONCELOS, T.N.C., GONÇALVES, R.B., GIUGLIANO, L. & MARTINS, A.C. . 2020. Biogeography and early diversification of Tapinotaspidini oil-bees support presence of Paleocene savannas in South America. Mol. Phylog. Evol. 143: 1-10
  • RAMELLO, P.J., ALVAREZ, L.J., ALMADA, V. AND LUCIA, M. 2021. The melittofauna and its floral associations in a natural riparian forest in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.J. Api. Res, 60(2): 241-254
  • TORRETTA, J.P., ALISCIONI, S. S., MARRERO HJ, AVALOS, A. A. 2022. Oil flowers of Malpighiaceae and its oil-collecting bees: loyalty and robbery in a highly specialized system. Apidologie 53: 30
  • TORRETTA, J.P., AVALOS, A.A., FERNANDEZ PACELLA, L.E. & ALVAREZ, L.J. 2024. Nesting biology of two species of oil-collecting bees of the genus Paratetrapedia s.l. (Apidae: Tapinotaspidini) in Argentina. Apidologie. 55(73): https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-024-01114-3
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