Centris claripennis Friese, 1901

Centris bimaculata var. claripennis Friese, 1901: 347 .

Type data: This variety was described from a single female supposedly collected in São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. The holotype is housed at ZMB and it has the following data label: Brasil S. Paulo 1897 [printed]\ Centris claripennis n. sp. ♀ [handwritten] 1900 Friese det. [printed]\ [red label] Type [printed]\ Coll. Friese [printed]\ [white label] C. (Paremisia) fuscata Lep., 1841 [handwritten with blue ink]\ [white label with red lateral margins] HOLOTYPE [printed] Centris bimaculata claripennis Friese, 1900 [handwritten] (ZMB).

Type locality: Actually, this species does not occur in Brazil. It has been recorded in Colombia and Venezuela in northern South America, as well as in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean (Vivallo 2020). Its presence in São Paulo is evidently a labeling error .

Comment: This species is senior synonym of C. carrikeri Cockerell, 1919 . Centris bimaculata claripennis was proposed as junior synonym of C. fuscata Lepeletier, 1841 (Moure et al. 2007) but it was recently revalidated and raised at species level (Vivallo 2020).