Figures 8–18. Figures 8–11 in Taxonomic revision, phylogenetic analysis, and biogeography of the bee genus Tropidopedia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini)

Figures 8–18. Figures 8–11: Lateral portion of pronotal colar; scale = 0.5 mm. Figure 8: Female of Tropidopedia nigrita sp. nov. Figure 9: Female of Paratetrapedia lineata (Spinola, 1851). Figure 10: Male of Lophopedia pygmaea. Figure 11: Female of Tropidopedia carinata sp. nov. Figure 12: Mesosoma of male of Tropidopedia carinata sp. nov. showing the right-angled omaulus; scale = 0.2 mm. Figures 13, 14: Sterna of male showing the tuft of hairs on medial portion of S2, and the 'U' sinuosity on margin of S3; scale = 0.5 mm. Figure 13: Tropidopedia flavolineata sp. nov. Figure 14: Tropidopedia carinata sp. nov. Figures 15–18: Pygidial plate of female; scale = 0.2 mm. Figure 15: Tropidopedia nigrita sp. nov. Figure 16: Arhysoceble dichroopoda Moure, 1948. Figure 17: Tropidopedia punctifrons (Smith, 1879). Figure 18: Paratetrapedia fervida (Smith, 1879).