Centris chlorura 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 : 36-37

Centris chlorura Cockerell, 1919

Fig. 25

Centris chlorura Cockerell, 1919: 188–189 .

Type data

This species was described based on a single female specimen collected in the central highlands of Peru. The holotype ( Fig. 25 ) is housed at NMNH and has the following data label: Piches & Perene Vs 2000-3000ftPeru SocGeogdeLima [printed]\ Centris chlorura Ckll. Type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No. [printed] 21651 [handwritten] U.S. N.M. [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534190 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed].

Type locality

Peru, Junín Department (“Piches and Perene Valleys, 2000–3000 feet ”).

Comment

Centris chlorura has only been recorded from its type locality. Snelling (1984) erroneously proposed this species as a junior synonym of C. festiva Smith, 1854 . This mistake was emended by Moure et al. (2007).

Figures

Fig. 25. Centris chlorura Cockerell, 1919, holotype, ♀ (NMNH; USNM ENT 00534190). A. Frontal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.