The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Author Vivallo, Felipe text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-03-19 618 1 47 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2020.618 eb3e0d4d-e623-4c58-ab31-9833367933bd 3722950 FB1B58E6-7E40-4C16-9DFF-2EA5D43BC0B3 Centris caurensis Cockerell, 1919 Fig. 18 Centris fusciventris caurensis Cockerell, 1919: 189 . Type data This species was described based on a single male specimen collected by the American ornithologist and entomologist Melbourne Armstrong Carriker (1879–1965). He traveled extensively throughout South Fig. 18. Centris fusciventris caurensis Cockerell, 1919, holotype, ♂ ( NMNH ; USNM ENT 00534189). A . Frontal view. B . Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm. America and collected specimens for some of the most renowned American museums of natural history, like the AMNH , the NMNH and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The specimens studied by Cockerell were collected during a trip to Venezuela between 1909 and 1910 ( Smithsonian Institution Archives 2019 ). The holotype ( Fig. 18 ) is currently housed at NMNH and has the following data label: Rio Mato Caura Dist Venez [printed] X.09 [handwritten]\ MACarriker collector [printed]\ Centris fusciventris var. caurensis Ckll. Type [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No [printed] 21653 [handwritten] U.S. N.M. [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534189 [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”).