The primary types of some species of Centris bees described by European entomologists in the 18 and 20 centuries (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Author
Vivallo, Felipe
AC109712-1474-4B5D-897B-1EE51459E792
HYMN Laboratório de Hymenoptera, Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão 20940 ‒ 040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2023
2023-03-27
864
1
27
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2023.864.2083
2118-9773
8011935
4F73AB5F-A4B7-43AD-949E-A40FFEEABF4F
Centrisnobilis
Westwood, 1840
Centrisnobilis
Westwood, 1840: 263–264
.
Type
data
Westwood proposed this new species based on an undetermined number of females from an unknown locality in South America.
Moure & Seabra (1960)
studied a single female housed at OUMNH that they recognized as “type”. According to the article 74.6 (
ICZN
1999), this assumption can be treated as a valid
lectotype
designation. The specimen bears the following data label:
Centrisnobilis
Westw Nat Lib. Bees P 264 Pl 20 FI [handwritten] (OUMNH).
Type
locality
“Locality doubtful; but in all probability South America”.