Centris ( Hemisiella ) tarsata Smith, 1874

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 : 158

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.5918754
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scientific name	Centris ( Hemisiella ) tarsata Smith, 1874
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Centris ( Hemisiella) tarsata Smith, 1874 View in CoL

Centris tarsata Smith, 1874 View in CoL . 371, 372.

Type data: This species was described based on an undetermined number of males collected in Santarém, northern Brazil. A male belonging to the type series was found at NHMUK and is here designated the lectotype. The specimen has the following data label: Type H. T. [red-rimmed circular label, printed]\ B.M. TYPE HYM. [printed] 17B.917. [handwritten]\ [light blue circular label] Santarem [handwritten]\ [black-rimmed label] Santarem [handwritten]\ Centris tarsata . (Type.) Smith [handwritten]. The lectotype is in good condition and is coded NHMUK 010812611 in the NHMUK data portal.

Type locality: Brazil: Pará state: Santarém .

Comments: This is the only known species of C. ( Hemisiella) in which males don’t have a spine-like projection on the posterior margin of hind basitarsus. This species was correctly interpreted by Moure et al. (2007) and Vivallo & Zanella (2012).