Tetrapedia lugubris Cresson, 1878:135, ♂. 2 ♂♂, Mexico (leg. Sumichrast); Aguiar & Melo, 2011Aguiar, A.J.C. & G.A.R. Melo 2011. Revision and phylogeny of the bee genus Paratetrapedia Moure, with description of a new genus from the Andean Cordillera (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162:351-442.:372, Lectotype ♂ (ANSP, 2375). - Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Friese, 1899Friese, H. 1899. Monographie der Bienengattung Exomalopsis, Ptilothrix, Melitoma und Tetrapedia. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 14:247-304. (distribution); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Catálogo de las Abejas de Mexico. Biblioteca Agricola de las Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, 1-20. (distribution); Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (1):63-116. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution); Schwarz, 1934Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 722:1-24. (distribution). - As Paratetrapedia lugubris: - Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution); Aguiar & Melo, 2011Aguiar, A.J.C. & G.A.R. Melo 2011. Revision and phylogeny of the bee genus Paratetrapedia Moure, with description of a new genus from the Andean Cordillera (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162:351-442. (distribution); Gaglianone et al., 2011Gaglianone, M.C., A.J. Camillo de Aguiar, F. Vivallo & I. Alves-dos-Santos 2011. Checklist das abelhas coletoras de óleos do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Biota Neotropica 11 (Supl. 1):657-666. (distribution); Silvestre et al., 2014Silvestre, R., M.F. Demétrio, B.M. Trad, F. Varussa & O. Lima 2014. Diversity and distribution of Hymenoptera Aculeata in Midwestern Brazilian dry forests. In: Greer, F.E. (Ed.). Dry Forests. 29-80. (distribution); Oliveira Lima & Silvestre, 2017Oliveira Lima, F.V. de & R. Silvestre 2017. Abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apidae sensu lato) do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia Série Zoologia 107 (supl.):1-14. (distribution); Sagot et al., 2018Sagot, P, J. Mérida, R. Ayala & R. Vandame 2018. Situación actual del conocimiento de la fauna de abejas (Apoidea: Anthophila) del estado de Chiapas, México. In: (Ed.). Memorias X Congreso Mesoamericano sobre Abejas Nativas. 191-2011. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution).
Tetrapedia amplipennis Smith, 1879:128, Aguiar & Melo, 2011Aguiar, A.J.C. & G.A.R. Melo 2011. Revision and phylogeny of the bee genus Paratetrapedia Moure, with description of a new genus from the Andean Cordillera (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162:351-442.:373, Lectotype ♂ (BMNH). - Aguiar & Melo, 2011Aguiar, A.J.C. & G.A.R. Melo 2011. Revision and phylogeny of the bee genus Paratetrapedia Moure, with description of a new genus from the Andean Cordillera (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162:351-442.:365 ( listed as synonym of Paratetrapedia lugubris (Cresson, 1878)).
Tetrapedia gigantea Schrottky, 1909:227 - Aguiar & Melo, 2011Aguiar, A.J.C. & G.A.R. Melo 2011. Revision and phylogeny of the bee genus Paratetrapedia Moure, with description of a new genus from the Andean Cordillera (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162:351-442.:365 ( listed as synonym of Paratetrapedia lugubris (Cresson, 1878)). - As Paratetrapedia gigantea: - Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution).
Tetrapedia bombitarsis Vachal, 1909:27, Aguiar & Melo, 2011Aguiar, A.J.C. & G.A.R. Melo 2011. Revision and phylogeny of the bee genus Paratetrapedia Moure, with description of a new genus from the Andean Cordillera (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162:351-442.:373, Holotype ♂ (MHNP). - Aguiar & Melo, 2011Aguiar, A.J.C. & G.A.R. Melo 2011. Revision and phylogeny of the bee genus Paratetrapedia Moure, with description of a new genus from the Andean Cordillera (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162:351-442.:365 ( listed as synonym of Paratetrapedia lugubris (Cresson, 1878)).
Tetrapedia velutina Friese, in Strand, 1910:459 Synonymized with Paratetrapedia lugubris (Cresson, 1878) by Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.:115.
Tetrapedia gigantea Friese, 1910:63, ♂♀.Tarata (Bolivia), Popayan (Columbia) und von Jundiahy (Säo Paulo) (leg. Schrottky);Mapiri (Bolivia), Obidos; Aguiar & Melo, 2011Aguiar, A.J.C. & G.A.R. Melo 2011. Revision and phylogeny of the bee genus Paratetrapedia Moure, with description of a new genus from the Andean Cordillera (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162:351-442.:373, Lectotype ♀ (ZMB). - Friese, 1910Friese, H. 1910. Einige neue Tetrapedia - Arten. (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1910:62-65. (distribution); Aguiar & Melo, 2011Aguiar, A.J.C. & G.A.R. Melo 2011. Revision and phylogeny of the bee genus Paratetrapedia Moure, with description of a new genus from the Andean Cordillera (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162:351-442.:365 ( listed as synonym of Paratetrapedia lugubris (Cresson, 1878)).
Tetrapedia dentiventris Friese, 1921:90, Aguiar & Melo, 2011Aguiar, A.J.C. & G.A.R. Melo 2011. Revision and phylogeny of the bee genus Paratetrapedia Moure, with description of a new genus from the Andean Cordillera (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162:351-442.:373, Lectotype ♂ (ZMB). - Aguiar & Melo, 2011Aguiar, A.J.C. & G.A.R. Melo 2011. Revision and phylogeny of the bee genus Paratetrapedia Moure, with description of a new genus from the Andean Cordillera (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162:351-442.:365 ( listed as synonym of Paratetrapedia lugubris (Cresson, 1878)).