Lectotype designations taxonomic notes and new synonymies in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Frederick Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Author
Vivallo, Felipe
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-01-29
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2
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.1
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Centris
(
Xanthemisia
)
domingensis
Dalla Torre, 1896
Centris domingensis
Dalla Torre, 1896
. 304 (
nom
.
nov
. for
C
.
thoracica
Smith, 1874
).
Centris thoracica
Smith, 1874
. 370 (junior primary homonym of
C
.
thoracica
Lepeletier, 1841
).
Type data: This species was described based on females collected in
the Dominican
Republic, Greater Antilles. A single
syntype
is housed at
NHMUK
and is here designated the
lectotype
. The specimen has the following data label: Type H.
T
. [red-rimmed circular label, printed]\ B.M.
TYPE HYM
. [printed] 17B.904. [handwritten]\ St. Dom. 55.1. [printed]\
Centris thoracica
Smith (Type)
[handwritten].
Type
locality:
Dominican Republic
:
Santo Domingo
(“San Domingo”)
.
Comments:
Centris domingensis
is apparently endemic to Hispaniola (
Vivallo, 2014
). This species was correctly interpreted by
Moure
et al
. (2007)
and
Vivallo (2014)
.