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
618
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2020.618
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Centris cisnerosi
(
Cockerell, 1949
)
nom. rev.
Fig. 21
Epicharis cisnerosi
Cockerell, 1949: 480
.
Type
data
This species was described based on a single female specimen collected by Geraldo Cisneros on November 2, at Zamorano, central
Honduras
, foraging on
Crotalaria
L. sp. (
Fabaceae
). The
type
specimen (
Fig. 21
) is currently housed at
NMNH
under the number 58889 and has the following data label: Zamorano
Honduras
at
Crotalaria
Nov. 2. (Cisneros) [handwritten]\ 81 [handwritten]\
Epicharis cisnerosi
Ckll
Type
. [handwritten]\
Centris cisnerosi
(Ckll)
[handwritten] Det. J. S. Moure 19 [printed] 57 [handwritten]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534191 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz
NMNH
[printed].
Type
locality
Honduras
:
Francisco Morazán Department
: Zamorano.
Fig. 21.
Epicharis cisnerosi
Cockerell, 1949, holotype, ♀ (
NMNH
; USNM ENT 00534191).
A
. Frontal view.
B
. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.
Comments
This species was proposed as a junior synonym of
C. agilis
Smith, 1874
by
Snelling (1984)
, but it is actually a different, albeit similar species.
Centris cisnerosi
has terga 3 and 4 brown (reddish brown in
C. agilis
), terga 2 to 4 covered with a light yellow pubescence (brownish in
C. agilis
), and the lower half of the clypeus areolate laterally (not areolate in
C. agilis
). According to the morphology of the mandible and the basitibial and pygidial plates,
C. cisnerosi
and
C. agilis
are related to one of the internal linages of the subgenus
C.
(
Paracentris
), not to
C.
(
Aphemisia
) as mentioned by
Moure
et al.
(2007)
. No information about the person that caught the
type
specimen was found, but probably he was a collector who helped Cockerell during his stay in
Honduras
(Jesus Orozco, pers. comm.).