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 rhodopus pulchrior Cockerell, 1900 Fig. 24 Centris rhodopus var. pulchrior Cockerell, 1900: 363 . Junior synonym of C. ( Paracentris ) rhodopus ( Snelling 1974 ) . Type data This species was described based on a single male specimen collected at Mesilla Park, New Mexico , on June 24. The holotype ( Fig. 24 ) is housed at NMNH and has the following data label: Mesilla Park. June 24. (Ckll) [handwritten]\ C. rhodopus v. pulchrior Ckll Type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No [printed] 5802 [handwritten] U.S. N.M. [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534208 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed]. Type locality United States : New Mexico State : Mesilla Park. Comment Centris rhodopus pulchrior is slightly larger than normal males of C. rhodopus , the hairs on the hind legs are lighter and the whitish bands on the terga are more defined.