Centris (Anisoctenodes) hyptidoides Roig-Alsina, 2000

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, The species of the bee genus Centris of the “ hyptidis group ” revisited with the description of Centris (Anisoctenodes) new subgenus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini), European Journal of Taxonomy 709, pp. 1-17 : 10-11

Centris (Anisoctenodes) hyptidoides Roig-Alsina, 2000

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Centris (? Wagenknechtia) hyptidoides Roig-Alsina, 2000: 190–191 .

Type data

The single female specimen used to describe this species was collected by the Argentinean ornithologist Juan Bautista Daguerre (1890–1975) at Las Lomitas, central region of Formosa Province, northeastern Argentina. The labels of the holotype are quoted verbatim.

Material examined

Holotype

ARGENTINIA • ♀; Las Lomitas, central region of Formosa Province; “[white label] Las Lomitas Terr. de Formosa 12/1950 J. B. Daguerre [handwritten]\ [red label with black rim] Centris hyptidoides ♀ sp. n. A. Roig Alsina 2000 [handwritten] HOLOTYPUS [printed]”; MLP.

Additional material

PARAGUAY • 3 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂; “ Boquerón Fn. Toledo 22°21471S 060°20.463W 7.ii.2007 480 ft. E. Willis ”; LPBC †.

Distribution

This species has been recorded in Argentina (Formosa Province: Las Lomitas) ( Roig-Alsina 2000), Brazil (Mato Grosso state: Porto Murtinho) ( Vivallo & Melo 2009; Martins et al. 2013) and Paraguay (Boquerón Department: Toledo; San Pedro Department: Cororo) ( Vivallo & Melo 2009) ( Fig. 7 ).

Figures

Fig. 2. Trochanter of female fore leg (ZMB †). A. Centris anisitsi (Schrottky, 1908), Paraguay, San Bernardino (LPBC †). B. C. hyptidis Ducke, 1908, Brazil, Vitória da Conquista (MNRJ †). C. C. hyptidoides Roig-Alsina, 2000, Paraguay, San Pedro Cororo (MNRJ †). D. C. thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009, Brazil, Teresina de Goiás (DZUP †). Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Fig. 3. Elaiospathe of female fore leg. A. Centris anisitsi (Schrottky, 1908), Paraguay, San Bernardino (ZMB †). B. C. hyptidis Ducke, 1908, Brazil, Vitória da Conquista (MNRJ †). C.C. hyptidoides Roig- Alsina, 2000, Paraguay, San Pedro Cororo (LPBC †). D. C. thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009, Brazil, Teresina de Goiás (DZUP †). Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Fig. 5. Centris hyptidoides Roig-Alsina, 2000. A–B. ♀, Paraguay, San Pedro Cororo (LPBC †). C–D. ♂, Paraguay, San Pedro Cororo (LPBC †). A, C. Frontal view. B, D. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Fig. 7. Distribution map of the species of Centris (Anisoctenodes) subgen. nov.