Lectotype designations, taxonomic notes and new synonymy in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by William Henry Fox (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Author
Vivallo, Felipe
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-02
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4624.4.2
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Centris
(
Centris
)
eisenii
Fox, 1893
(
Figures 1, 2
,
5
)
Centris eisenii
Fox, 1893
. 22, 23.
Type data:
Fox (1893)
based the description of this species on an undetermined number of females collected in Guaymas,
Sinaloa state
,
Mexico
.
Moure
et al
. (2007)
mentioned a type series composed by at least four specimens housed at
CAS
. Two females were found at
ANSP
that agree with the information provided in the original description being both certainly primary types. One of these specimens has a red label with the words “Type
101191
” and the other one has a light green label with the words “Para-type
101191
”.
Fox (1893)
did not indicate explicitly which female was designated as the
holotype
; therefore, a
lectotype
needs to be designated. The specimen labeled with the word “type” is in better condition, and it is here designated
lectotype
. The chosen specimen has the following data label (
Fig. 5
): [light brown label] Guaymas Mex [handwritten]\ [light brown label]
Centris eisenii
Fox
[handwritten]\ [white label] 1980 Loan to
USNM
from Acad. of Nat. Sciences at Philadelphia [printed]\ [dark red label] Type No. [printed] 10191 [handwritten]\ [light blue label]
Lectotype
Centris eisenii
Fox, 1893
F. Vivallo
des, 2017 [handwritten].
Paralectotype
female with the following data label: [light brown label] Guaymas Mex [handwritten]\ [light pink label]
Centris eisenii
Fox
[handwritten]\ [light green label] Para-Type [printed] 10191 [handwritten]\ [light blue label]
Paralectotype
Centris eisenii
Fox, 1893
F. Vivallo
des, 2017 [handwritten]. Both type specimens are in good condition. The presence of
syntypes
(now
paralectotypes
) at
CAS
could not be confirmed.
Type
locality:
Mexico
:
Sonora state
:
Guaymas
.
Comment: This species was correctly interpreted by
Snelling (1966
,
1974
,
1984
) and
Moure
et al
. (2007)
.