The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Author
Vivallo, Felipe
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-03-19
618
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2020.618
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Centris fusciventris matoensis
Cockerell, 1919
Fig. 19
Centris fusciventris matoensis
Cockerell, 1919: 189–190
.
New junior synonym
of
C.
(
Melanocentris
)
caurensis
Cockerell, 1919
.
Type
data
As for
Centris caurensis
, the single male specimen used by
Cockerell (1919)
to describe this species was also collected by Melbourne Carriker in the same locality. The
holotype
(
Fig. 19
) is housed at
NMNH
and has the following data label: Rio Mato Caura Dist Venez [printed] X.09 [handwritten]\ MACarriker collector [printed]\
Centris fusciventris
var.
matoensis
Ckll
Type [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No. [printed] 21654 [handwritten]
U.S.
N.M. [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534203 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz
NMNH
[printed].
Type
locality
Venezuela
:
Bolívar State
: Rio Mato (“Caura district, Rio Mato”).
Fig. 19.
Centris fusciventris matoensis
Cockerell, 1919
, holotype, ♂ (
NMNH
; USNM ENT 00534203).
A
. Frontal view.
B
. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.
Comment
Cockerell (1919)
cited a specimen also collected by M. Carriker at the
type
locality of
C. fusciventris caurensis
and
C. fusciventris matoensis
as a subvariety of the latter subspecies. The characters cited by him about the integument of the clypeus and the pubescence on the fourth tergum are within the variation range of
C. caurensis
.