Centris minor Friese, 1899

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, Species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Heinrich Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 4820 (2), pp. 231-259 : 237

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.2.2
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scientific name	Centris minor Friese, 1899
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Centris minor Friese, 1899 View in CoL

Centris minor Friese, 1899: 48 View in CoL . Junior synonym of C. aenea Lepeletier, 1841 ( Moure, 1969) View in CoL .

Type data: This species was described based on two matander males collected in Venezuela and Brazil. Moure (1969) designated the Brazilian specimen as the lectotype which has the following data label: Brasil. [printed] Helmreich 1846 [handwritten]\ Centris minor n. sp. ♂ [handwritten] det. Friese 1898 [printed]\ [red label] Paratype [printed]\ [light blue label] Lectotype Centris minor Friese, 1899 Moure, 1969 des. [handwritten] ( NMW). The specimen from Venezuela was found in the HNHM and it has the following data label: Venezuela St. Parime 1897 [printed]\ Centris minor ♂ Fr. type. [handwritten] 1900 Friese det. [printed]\ [green label] PARA-LECTÓTIPO [printed]\ [green label] Paralectotype Centris minor Friese, 1899 F. F. Oliveira ds. 2014 [handwritten] ( HNHM).

Type locality: Brazil .

Comments: The lectotype is a metander specimen possibly collected by the Austrian mine engineer Virgil von Helmreichen zu Brunnfeld (1805–1852) during a trip between Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil) and Asunción ( Paraguay) ( Otruba 1969). The type locality cannot be further narrowed down than to Brazil .