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
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10.5852/ejt.2020.618
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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”).