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
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2020.618
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Centris adani
Cockerell, 1949
Fig. 2
Centris
(
Cyanocentris
)
adani
Cockerell, 1949: 472–473
.
Type
data
This species was described based on a single female specimen collected by Adan Rivera on
February 9, 1948
, at Zamorano,
Honduras
. Rivera and G. Cisneros were probably collectors who helped Cockerell during his stay in
Honduras
(Jesus Orozco, pers. com.). The
holotype
(
Fig. 2
) is currently housed at
NMNH
under the number 58878 and has the following data label: 192 [handwritten]\ Zamorano
Honduras
Feb.9. [handwritten] Arivera [?]\
Centris adani
Ckll
Type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No 588878 [handwritten] USNM [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534186 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz
NMNH
[printed].
Type
locality
Honduras
:
Francisco Morazán department
: Zamorano.
Fig. 2.
Centris adani
Cockerell, 1949
, holotype, ♀ (
NMNH
; USNM ENT 00534186).
A
. Frontal view.
B
. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.
Comments
Of the 12 species described by Cockerell in 1949,
C. adani
and
C. cisnerosi
nom. rev. are the only ones considered valid. The former species was correctly interpreted by
Snelling (1974
,
1984
) and
Moure
et al.
(2007)
.