Centris robusta Cockerell, 1949

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 : 12

Centris robusta Cockerell, 1949

Fig. 7

Centris (Rhodocentris) robusta Cockerell, 1949: 478–479 .

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

Type data

This species was described based on a single male specimen collected by Cockerell’s wife at Zamorano on February 8. The holotype ( Fig. 7 ) is housed at NMNH and has the following data label: Zamorano Honduras Feb. 8 W. P.Ckll [handwritten]\ 180 [handwritten]\ Centris wilmattae Ckll Type [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No [printed] 58886 [handwritten] USNM [printed]\ Centris robusta Ck. - Type ( wilmattae preocc.) [handwritten]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534211 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed].

Type locality

Honduras: Francisco Morazán Department: Zamorano.

Comments

Cockerell considered describing C. robusta under the name “ C. wilmattae ”, as an homage to his second wife. However, this name had already been used by Cockerell (1926a) himself for a species described from Arequipa, southern Peru (see below). Moure (1969) synonymized C. robusta with C. inermis . Snelling (1984) newly proposed this synonymy, apparently ignoring Moure’s paper. Later, Roig-Alsina (2000) cited C. inermis in the synonymy of C. varia .

Figures

Fig. 7. Centris robusta Cockerell, 1949, holotype, ♂ (NMNH; USNM ENT 00534211). A. Frontal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.