The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Author
Vivallo, Felipe
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-03-19
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2020.618
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Centris petreae rufopicta
Cockerell, 1949
Centris
(
Melanocentris
)
petreae rufopicta
Cockerell, 1949: 475–476
.
Junior synonym
of
C.
(
Heterocentris
)
analis
(
Michener 1954
;
Moure 1960
).
Type
data
Cockerell (1949)
described this subspecies based on a single male specimen collected by Rua Williams on January 11 at Zamorano,
Honduras
, apparently along with the
type
specimen of
C. petreae
. The head of the
type
is detached and stored in a pinned plastic recipient. The specimen is housed at
NMNH
and has the following data label: [?]\ Zamorano
Honduras
Jan. 11 Rua Williams [handwritten]\
Centris
petreae rufopicta
Ckll
Type
[handwritten]\ [red label]
Type
No [printed] 58882 [handwritten] USNM [printed].
Type
locality
Honduras
:
Francisco Morazán Department
: Zamorano.
Comment
Taxonomic decision for synonymy:
Michener (1954)
proposed
C. durantae
,
C. petreae
,
C. petreae rufopicta
and
C. otomita
Cresson, 1879
as junior synonyms of
C. totonaca
Cresson, 1879
. Subsequently,
Moure (1960)
synonymized the latter species and
C. minuta
Mocsáry, 1899
with
C. analis
.