Centris (Paracentris) nigerrima ( Spinola, 1851 )

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, Lectotype designations taxonomic notes and new synonymies in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Frederick Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 4729 (2), pp. 151-176 : 167-168

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5918776
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scientific name	Centris (Paracentris) nigerrima ( Spinola, 1851 )
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Centris (Paracentris) nigerrima ( Spinola, 1851) View in CoL

Hemisia nigerrima Spinola, 1851 View in CoL . 167.

Type data: Syntypes female ( MSNT, not examined) .

Type locality: Chile: Coquimbo .

Anthophora dimidiata Smith, 1854 View in CoL . 340.

Type data: This species was described based on males collected in Chile. A specimen belonging to the type series is housed at NHMUK and is here designated the lectotype. The exemplar has the following data label: Type H. T. [red-rimmed circular label, printed]\ B.M. TYPE HYM. [printed] 17B.924 [handwritten]\ Anthophora dimidiata Sm. Chili Type [handwritten]\ F. Sm. Coll. 79.22 [printed] type [handwritten]\ = Centris nigerrima Spinola, 1851 Moldenke II-1978 [handwritten].

Type locality: Chile .

Comments: Taxonomic decision for synonymy: Cockerell (1913). This species was correctly interpreted by Zanella (2002) and Moure et al. (2007). The type locality of A. dimidiata cannot be further narrowed down than to Chile.