Centris (Melanocentris) ephippium Smith, 1854

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, Lectotype designations taxonomic notes and new synonymies in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Frederick Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 4729 (2), pp. 151-176 : 160-161

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A5200288-5C6F-44F9-A0FB-0E479F871A62
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5918762
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scientific name	Centris (Melanocentris) ephippium Smith, 1854
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Centris (Melanocentris) ephippium Smith, 1854 View in CoL

Centris ephippium Smith, 1854 View in CoL . 378.

Type data: This species was described based on male specimens collected in an undetermined locality in Venezuela. An exemplar belonging to the type series is housed at NHMUK and is here designated the lectotype. The specimen has the following data label: Type H. T. [circular red-rimmed label, printed]\ Venezuela \\ 47 06 [circular, handwritten]\ Centris ephippium , Type. Smith. [handwritten]\ ephippium Type Sm. [handwritten]\ B.M. Type Hym 17B.901. [handwritten]. The lectotype is in good condition, it has its genital capsule glued to a rectangular label and is coded NHMUK 010812601 in the NHMUK data portal.

Type locality: Venezuela .

Comments: The type locality cannot be further narrowed down than to Venezuela. The name of this species was originally proposed as C. ephippium , but it was subsequently cited as C. ephippia (see Moure et al., 2007 and references therein). Since “ephippium” is a noun it does not declinable and need not match the gender of Centris , i.e. Smith’s original spelling prevails.