Centris (Xanthemisia) aethiops Cresson, 1865

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, The Centris bees described by Ezra Townsend Cresson (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2020020) 110, pp. 1-7 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1590/1678-4766e2020020
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scientific name	Centris (Xanthemisia) aethiops Cresson, 1865
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Centris (Xanthemisia) aethiops Cresson, 1865 View in CoL

( Figs. 11, 12 View Figs 11, 12 )

Centris aethiops CRESSON , 1865.4:193.

Type data. This species was described based on a single female specimen collected in an unknown locality in Cuba. The holotype is housed at ANSP and has the following data label: 109 ♀ [handwrItten]\ CUba. [prInted]\ [red label] HoloTYPE [printed] 2623 [handwritten] ( ANSP).

Type locality. Greater Antilles : Cuba .

Comments. Centris caymanensis Vivallo, 2014 ; C. domingensis Dalla Torre, 1896 and C. aethiops are the only species of C. (Xanthemisia) present in the Caribbean, being the latter species the only that has been recorded in Cuba. The female has the body completely covered by dark brown pilosity ( Figs. 11, 12 View Figs 11, 12 ), except for the light brown or yellowish pilosity near the pronotal lobe, and the clypeus and terga with relatively uniform punctation. Photos of both sexes can be found in VIVALLO (2014). This species has been recorded in Bahamas, Cuba and Jamaica ( VIVALLO, 2014). The type locality cannot be further narrowed down than to Cuba.