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 torquata Moure & Seabra, 1962 Centris ( Ptilotopus ) torquata MOURE & SEABRA, 1962: 5 . Type data. This species was proposed based on a female collected by the American dipterologist specialist in malaria Thomas Henry Gardiner AitKen (1913‒2007) at Trinidad and Tobago , and a male collected in Ciudad Bolívar , northeastern Venezuela . The holotype female, as well as the paratype male, are housed at DZUP . Type locality. Trinidad and Tobago : Trinidad Island : “ Rio Grande Forest .