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 1 18 https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/7ff3189b-0554-37b7-b860-b762523658a6/ journal article 288369 10.1590/1678-4766e2023003 a7d903d8-fc2b-48a4-8639-91f072d39eba 1678-4766 10525769 Centris melanosara Moure, 2003 Centris ( Melacentris ) melanosara MOURE, 2003b: 422 (Junior synonym of C . discolor Smith, 1874 ). Type data. This species was described based on a single female specimen of C . discolor with orange metasoma. The presence of specimens with that coloration in populations of species where this structure is blackish has been observed in other members of the genus, for example in C . dentata Smith, 1854 . The holotype of C . melanosara was collected by the German Entomologist Petr Wolfgang Wygodzinsky (1916‒1987) in Viçosa, southwest Brazil and is housed at DZUP . Type locality. Brazil : Minas Gerais State : Viçosa .