Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini)

In the present study the genus Lophopedia is taxonomically revised. Thirteen species are recognized as valid, including five new species: Lophopedia apicalis (Cresson), L. buchwaldi (Cockerell), L. flava (Smith), L. fulviventris sp. nov., L. haeckeli (Friese), L. klugi (Friese), L. minor sp. nov., L. nigriceps (Friese), L. nigrispinis (Vachal), L. paraensis sp. nov., L. pulchra sp. nov., L. pygmaea (Schrottky), L. savanicola sp. nov. Three new...