Centris (Trachina) similis ( Fabricius, 1804 )

Vivallo, Felipe, 2019, Taxonomic notes, lectotype designations and new synonymies in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Sándor Mocsáry and Heinrich Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 4638 (4), pp. 534-546 : 543

Centris (Trachina) similis ( Fabricius, 1804)

Bombus similis Fabricius, 1804 . 351.

Type data: Lectotype female with the following data label: B. similis ex Am. Mer. Schmidt\ Type\ Lectotype Centris similis (F) J. S. Moure 1958 ( ZMUC, examined). Subsequent designation: Moure (1960).

Type locality: “America meridionalis”, according to Moure (1960), probably Guyana .

Centris lineolata Lepeletier, 1841 . 158.

Type data: Lectotype female ( MSNT, not examined). Subsequent designation: Moure (1960).

Type locality: French Guiana: Cayenne .

Centris lineolata var. castaniventris Mocsáry in Friese, 1901 . 288.

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Type data: The description of this subspecies was based on male and female specimens collected in Venezuela and Peru, respectively. The female syntype found at HNHM is here designated lectotype. The specimen has the following data label: Peru Cumbara [handwritten]\ [light greenish square] 41 [handwritten]\ C. lineolata v. castaniventris Mocs. ♀ [handwritten] det. Friese 1898 [printed].

Type locality: Peru: “Cumbara”. See comments on this locality under the notes on C. flavilabris above .

Comments: Taxonomic decision for synonymy: Moure (1960). This species was correctly interpreted by Moure et al. (2007).

Figures

FIGURES 25–28. Centris lineolata castaniventris Mocsáry, 1901 (lectotype female). Fig. 25: Head, frontal view (Scale bar 2 mm). Fig. 26: Habitus, lateral view (Scale bar 5 mm). Fig. 27: Habitus, dorsal view (Scale bar 2 mm). Fig. 28: Labels.