Centris lilacina Cockerell, 1919

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 618, pp. 1-47 : 5-6

Centris lilacina Cockerell, 1919

Fig. 1

Centris lilacina Cockerell, 1919: 191–192 .

Type data

This species was described based on a single female specimen collected by the English traveler, naturalist, ornithologist and entomologist William Frederick Henry Rosenberg (1868–1957) who made collecting trips to northern South America (Günter 1912). The holotype ( Fig. 1 ) is housed at the NMNH under the number 21656 and has the following data label: Palcazu Peru [printed]\ Collection Rosenberg\ Centris lilacina Ckll type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No. [printed] 21656 [handwritten] U.S. N.M.

[printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534201 [barcode]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed].

Type locality

Peru: Pasco department: Palcazú.

Comments

This species was correctly interpreted by Moure (2002) and Moure et al. (2007). Erroneously, Moure (2002) considered the specimen housed at NMNH a syntype.

Figures

Fig. 1. Centris lilacina Cockerell, 1919, holotype, ♀ (NMNH; USNM ENT 00534201). A. Frontal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.