Centris rhodoleuca Cockerell, 1923

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 : 33

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.618
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3730323
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scientific name	Centris rhodoleuca Cockerell, 1923
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Centris rhodoleuca Cockerell, 1923 View in CoL

Centris rhodoleuca Cockerell, 1923: 76 View in CoL .

Junior synonym of C. (Paracentris) rhodopus ( Snelling 1974) View in CoL .

Type data

This species was described based on a single male specimen collected by E.P. Van Duzee at Punta Willard, Isla Tiburón, on July 3, 1921. The holotype is housed at CAS and has the following data label: Tiburon Isd Gulf Calif. July 3 1921 [printed]\ Willard’s Point Bay [printed]\ EPVanDuzee Collector [printed]\ Centris rhodoleuca Ckll. Type. [handwritten]\ California Academy of Sciences Type No. [printed] 932 [handwritten].

Type locality

Mexico: Sonora State: Isla Tiburón: Punta Willard.

Comment

The type specimen of Centris rhodoleuca looks very different from males of C. rhodopus , but it is actually conspecific, corresponding to a metander male.