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
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-01-29
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.1
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Centris
(
Ptilocentris
)
festiva
Smith, 1854
Centris festiva
Smith, 1854
. 375.
Type data: This species was described based on an unknown number of females collected in an undetermined locality in
Colombia
. A
syntype
is currently housed at
OUMNH
and is here designated the
lectotype
. The specimen has the following data label: [Colum Goud [handwritten]\ [black-rimmed label]
Holotype
[printed]
Centris festiva
Sm
♀
[handwritten] J. S. Moure [printed] 1957 [handwritten]\
festiva
. S. Col. [handwritten]\ Named as
Centris festiva
Smith
1854
in W.W. Saunders colln. OX.
UNI
.MUS.NAT.
HIST
. (
OUMNH
). [printed].
Type
locality:
Colombia
.
Comments: The
type
locality cannot be further narrowed down than to
Colombia
, but probably it was collected in the Andes. As
Centris insignis
(=
C
.
laticincta
), the
type
specimen of this species was collected by Justin Gaud.