Centris (Paracentris) atripes Mocsáry, 1899

Rasmussen, Claus & Vivallo, Felipe, 2014, Lectotype designations and new synonymies in the Neotropical bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 3856 (4), pp. 585-594 : 591

Centris (Paracentris) atripes Mocsáry, 1899

Centris atripes Mocsáry, 1899: 254 [New lectotype designation]

Centris atripes lectotype (♂, Figs 21–24 ): There is no indication from the original description that only a single specimen was seen by Mocsáry. Therefore a single male labeled “ Mexico [printed]”, “658/50”, “23”, “87.” [green label], “ C. ♂ / atripes / det. Friese 1898 [printed] / Mocs.” is here designated as the lectotype. There is no precise locality information from the specimen labels, but Mocsáry (1899) indicated that the specimen was collected from “Praesidio” or Presidio near Mazatlán in Sinaloa, Mexico, where Alphonse Forrer (1836–1899) collected and distributed many insects ( Rasmussen 2012). The accession book at HNHM confirms that the specimens came to HNHM in 1883 from Forrer. The species was correctly interpreted by Snelling (1974, 1984) and Moure et al. (2007).

Figures

FIGURES 21 – 24. Lectotype (♂) Centris (Paracentris) atripes Mocsáry, 1899: Fig. 21. Head, frontal view; Fig. 22. Habitus, lateral view; Fig. 23. Habitus, dorsal view; Fig. 24. Wing venation.