Centris inermis gualanensis Cockerell, 1912

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 : 10-11

Centris inermis gualanensis Cockerell, 1912

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Centris inermis gualanensis Cockerell, 1912b: 568 .

Junior synonym of C. (Centris) varia ( Moure 1969; Roig-Alsina 2000).

Type data

This subspecies was described based on male and female specimens collected by W.P. Cockerell on February 22–23, 1912 at Gualán, Guatemala. Cockerell (1912b) mentioned that the type specimen was a female, but in the type series housed at NMNH, two specimens of that sex were found. Both specimens agree with the information provided in the original description but one of them was labeled by Cockerell himself as “type”, while the other bears a label with the word “cotype”. The holotype ( Fig. 5 ) has the following data label: Gualan Guat Feb. 23, 1912 40 [handwritten]\ Centris inermis gualanensis Ckll. Type ♀ [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No. [printed] 23302 [handwritten] U.S. N.M. [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534199 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed]. The female paratype has the following data label: Gualan; Guat Feb. 23-12- [handwritten]\ Centris inermis gualanensis Ckll. cotype ♀ [handwritten]\ Paratype No [printed] 23302 [handwritten] USNM [printed]\ Centris [printed] inermis Friese ♀ red phase [handwritten] det Snelling [printed] ’82 [handwritten]. The male paratype has the following data label: Gualan. Guat Feb. 22-12- 1912 40 [handwritten]\ Centris inermis gualanensis Ckll. cotype ♂ [handwritten]\ Paratype [printed] 23302 [handwritten] USNM [printed]\ Centris [printed] inermis Friese ♀ red phase [handwritten] det Snelling [printed] ’82 [handwritten].

Type locality

Guatemala: Zacapa Department: Gualán.

Comment

This subspecies was synonymized with C. inermis Friese, 1899 ( Moure 1969) . Subsequently, C. inermis was cited in the synonymy of C. varia by Roig-Alsina (2000).

Figures

Fig. 5. Centris inermis gualanensis Cockerell, 1912, holotype, ♀ (NMNH; USNM ENT 00534199). A. Frontal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.