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The species of the bee genus Tropidopedia stat. nov. are revised. Thirteen new species are proposed: T. carinata sp. nov., T. caracicola sp. nov., T. danunciae sp. nov., T. duckeana sp. nov., T. eliasi sp. nov., T. flavolineata sp. nov., T. friesei sp. nov., T. japuraensis sp. nov., T. nigrita sp. nov., T. nigrocarinata sp. nov., T. ornata sp. nov., T. peruana sp. nov. and T. venezuelana sp. nov. Taxonomic notes are provided for another four species: Tropidopedia punctifrons (Smith, 1879) comb. nov., T. pallidipennis (Friese, 1899) comb. nov., T. seabrai (Michener & Moure, 1957) and T. arcuatilis (Vachal, 1909) comb. nov., including designation of a lectotype for Tetrapedia arcuatilis Vachal. An identification key, illustrations for main diagnostic characters, and distributions maps for all species are provided. A phylogenetic analysis was carried out to evaluate the monophyly of Tropidopedia and its main species groups, as well as to position it among the related genera. Biogeographical patterns are discussed.
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