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 1 47 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2020.618 eb3e0d4d-e623-4c58-ab31-9833367933bd 3722950 FB1B58E6-7E40-4C16-9DFF-2EA5D43BC0B3 Centris robusta Cockerell, 1949 Fig. 7 Centris ( Rhodocentris ) robusta Cockerell, 1949: 478–479 . Junior synonym of C. ( Centris ) varia ( Moure 1969 ; Roig-Alsina 2000 ). Type data This species was described based on a single male specimen collected by Cockerell’s wife at Zamorano on February 8. The holotype ( Fig. 7 ) is housed at NMNH and has the following data label: Zamorano Honduras Feb. 8 W. P.Ckll [handwritten]\ 180 [handwritten]\ Centris wilmattae Ckll Type [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No [printed] 58886 [handwritten] USNM [printed]\ Centris robusta Ck. - Type ( wilmattae preocc.) [handwritten]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534211 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed]. Type locality Honduras : Francisco Morazán Department : Zamorano. Comments Cockerell considered describing C. robusta under the name “ C. wilmattae ”, as an homage to his second wife. However, this name had already been used by Cockerell (1926a) himself for a species described from Arequipa , southern Peru (see below). Moure (1969) synonymized C. robusta with C. inermis . Snelling (1984) newly proposed this synonymy, apparently ignoring Moure’s paper. Later, Roig-Alsina (2000) cited C. inermis in the synonymy of C. varia .