Centrisfulvohirta ( Cameron, 1903 )

Vivallo, Felipe, 2023, The primary types of some species of Centris bees described by European entomologists in the 18 and 20 centuries (Hymenoptera: Apidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 864, pp. 1-27 : 6-7

Centrisfulvohirta ( Cameron, 1903)

Paracentris fulvohirta Cameron, 1903: 236 (junior synonym of Centriscaelebs Friese, 1899).

Type data

Lectotype male ( NHMUK, revised). Subsequent designation: Moure (1999). Data label: [light yellow label] Paracentris fulvohirta Cam. Type Ecuador [handwritten]\ [red-rimmed circular label] Type [printed]\ B.M. TYPE HYM. [printed] 17B.907. [handwritten]\ Cameron Coll. 1904‒29. [printed]\ Michachi Ecuador 9-10,000 feet. Ed. Whymper. [printed]\ [black-rimmed] Lectotype fulvohirta Cm. [handwritten] Det. J.S. Moure 19 [printed] 57 [handwritten]\ [black-rimmed] Centris (Paracentris) caelebs Friese, 1900 F. Zanella det., 1998 [printed] ( NHMUK).

Paralectotype with the following data label: Paracentris fulvohirta Cam. Type Ecuador [handwritten]\ [red-rimmed circular label] Type [printed]\ B.M. TYPE HYM. [printed] 17B.907. [handwritten]\ Cameron Coll. 1904‒29. [printed]\ Quito [handwritten] Ecuador [printed] 9000 [handwritten] feet. Ed. Whymper. [printed]\ C. fulvo-hirta- paratype in the collection [handwritten]\ [white label with yellow lateral margins] PARALECTOTYPE [printed] Paracentris fulvohirta Cameron, 1903 [handwritten] ( NHMUK).

Type locality

Ecuador: Pichincha Province, Machachi (9–10 000 feet).

Johann Ludwig Christ

Johann Ludwig Christ (1739‒1813) was a German naturalist, gardener and pastor. Despite being a specialist in Hymenoptera , he also became interested in fruit growing, agriculture and beekeeping while he was a pastor, first in Wetterau and later in Kronberg, Germany ( Wilhelm 1957). Christ died in his country of origin, aged 74.

Christ’s Centris bee

Christ only contributed to the knowledge of Centris describing a variety of C. flavifrons ( Fabricius, 1775) from Brazil. Currently, it is considered a junior synonym of that species.