Tetrapedia australis Torretta & Roig-Alsina, 2024
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Solitary bees that nest in preexisting cavities
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Corrientes
    • Misiones
Other distribution
 
Alicia anisopetala, Banisteriopsis muricata, Heteropterys glabra, and Stigmaphyllon bonariense (Malpighiaceae).
Bidens laevis (Asteraceae), Ludwigia elegans (Onagraceae), Origanum vulgare, Salvia uliginosa (Lamiaceae),
Trimezia spathata (Iridaceae) and Psychotria carthagenensis (Rubiaceae) (Torretta & Roig-Alsina, 2024).
  • MAZZEO, N. M., & TORRETTA, J. P. 2015. Wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in an urban botanical garden in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 50(3), 182-193.
  • 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. & ROIG-ALSINA, A. H. 2024. Tetrapedia australis (Apidae: Tetrapediini), a new species of oilcollecting bees from the southern distributional extreme of the genus. Lundiana 17: 1-6
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