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
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2020.618
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Centris lilacina
Cockerell, 1919
Fig. 1
Centris lilacina
Cockerell, 1919: 191–192
.
Type
data
This species was described based on a single female specimen collected by the English traveler, naturalist, ornithologist and entomologist William Frederick Henry Rosenberg (
1868–1957
) who made collecting trips to northern South America (Günter 1912). The
holotype
(
Fig. 1
) is housed at the
NMNH
under the number 21656 and has the following data label: Palcazu
Peru
[printed]\ Collection Rosenberg\
Centris lilacina
Ckll
type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No. [printed] 21656 [handwritten]
U.S.
N.M.
Fig. 1.
Centris lilacina
Cockerell, 1919
, holotype, ♀ (
NMNH
; USNM ENT 00534201).
A
. Frontal view.
B
. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.
[printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534201 [barcode]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz
NMNH
[printed].
Type
locality
Peru
:
Pasco
department: Palcazú.
Comments
This species was correctly interpreted by
Moure (2002)
and
Moure
et al.
(2007)
. Erroneously,
Moure (2002)
considered the specimen housed at NMNH a
syntype
.