Centris ( Melanocentris ) violacea Lepeletier, 1841

Vivallo, Felipe, 2019, Lectotype designations, taxonomic notes and new synonymies in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Amédée Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 4624 (1), pp. 23-40 : 33

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4624.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5923302
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scientific name	Centris ( Melanocentris ) violacea Lepeletier, 1841
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Centris ( Melanocentris) violacea Lepeletier, 1841 View in CoL

Centris violacea Lepeletier, 1841 View in CoL . 151, 152.

Type data: In MNHP was found a female from Lepeletier’s collection with the following data label: violacea [handwritten]\ [circular label] du nord de la Capite de St Paul [handwritten]\ [red label] Holotype [handwritten]\ Museum Paris nord Capite de St- Paul [printed]. According to the original description, the type locality of this species is “Brasilia” ( Brazil) which agrees with the information label of a female housed at OUMNH that bears the following data label: Bres. [handwritten]\ Centris violacea Lep. ♀ Brasilia [handwritten]. This specimen is here designated as the lectotype. According to the original description, this exemplar belonged to Dejean’s collection and it is in good condition.

Type locality: Brazil .

Comment: Centris violacea only occurs in Brazil. It has been recorded in Distrito Federal and in the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais ( Moure et al., 2007).