Centris pseudoephippia Friese, 1899

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, Species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Heinrich Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 4820 (2), pp. 231-259 : 244

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4397790
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scientific name	Centris pseudoephippia Friese, 1899
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Centris pseudoephippia Friese, 1899 View in CoL

Centris pseudoephippia Friese, 1899: 47 View in CoL . Junior synonym of C. ephippium Smith, 1854 ( Vivallo 2019) View in CoL .

Type data: This species was proposed based on a single male collected in Sierra de Parima (“ St. Parime ”), Venezuela. The holotype is housed at AMNH and it has the following data label: Venezuela St. Parime 1897 [printed]\ Centris pseudoephippia Fr. ♂ [handwritten] 1901 Friese det. [printed]\ Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Dept. Invert. Zool. No. [printed] 26074 [handwritten]\ Type [red square, printed]\ AMNH _ IZC 00324046 About AMNH QR code [printed] ( AMNH).

Type locality: Venezuela: Amazonas state: Sierra de Parima (“ St. Parime ”) .

Comment: The holotype is a male of C. ephippium with yellowish pubescence on the dorsal surface of the mesosoma, a very variable character.