Taxonomic notes on the primary types of some species of Centris bees described by some entomologists from the Americas (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Author
Vivallo, Felipe
text
Iheringia, Série Zoologia
2023
e 2023003
2023-04-07
113
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https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/7ff3189b-0554-37b7-b860-b762523658a6/
journal article
10.1590/1678-4766e2023003
1678-4766
10525769
Centris aethiocesta
Snelling, 1984
Centris
(
Centris
)
aethiocesta
SNELLING, 1984: 18
.
Type data.
This species was proposed based on several specimens of both sexes collected in
Panama
,
Costa Rica
and
El Salvador
. The
holotype
female was collected by the American entomologist David Ward Roubik (1951–) at
Isla
El Rey,
Panama
flying around
Dioclea megacarpa
Rolfe
(
Fabaceae
). The type is housed at
LACM
.
Paratype
female with the following data label: 11.00 min [handwritten]\ #50 [handwritten]\
PANAMA
: Perlas Is. [printed] airstrip. Isl. del Rey 22 Feb [handwritten] 198 [printed] 1 [handwritten] D. Roubik no. [printed] 3 [handwritten]\ [yellow label]
PARATYPE
Centris
[printed]
aethiocesta
♀
[handwritten]
R
.
R
. SNELLING [printed] (
NMNH
).
Paratype
male with the following data label:
PANAMA
Varaguas Prov. Coiba Island [printed] 24 Oct 79 [handwritten] D. Roubik Coll. [printed] #17 [handwritten]\ [yellow label]
PARATYPE
Centris
[printed]
aethiocesta
♀
[handwritten]
R
.
R
. SNELLING [printed] (
NMNH
).
2 paratypes male
with the following data label:
PANAMA
Varaguas Prov. Coiba Island [printed] beach 21 Oct 79 [handwritten] D. Roubik Coll. [printed] #2 [handwritten]\ [yellow label]
PARATYPE
Centris
[printed]
aethiocesta
♀
[handwritten]
R
.
R
. SNELLING [printed] (
NMNH
).
Type
locality.
Panama
:
Panamá Province
: Islas Perlas: Isla
El Rey
.