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 10.1590/1678-4766e2023003 1678-4766 10525769 Centris melampoda Moure, 2003 Centris ( Ptilotopus ) melampoda MOURE, 2003b: 422 . Type data. MOURE (2003b) proposed this species based on a single female collected by the Brazilian professional insect collector Claudionor Elias in Manaus , northern Brazil . This is a rare species only known by its type specimen housed at DZUP . Type locality. Brazil : Amazonas State : Manaus .