The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Author Vivallo, Felipe text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-03-19 618 1 47 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2020.618 eb3e0d4d-e623-4c58-ab31-9833367933bd 3722950 FB1B58E6-7E40-4C16-9DFF-2EA5D43BC0B3 Centris bicolorella Cockerell, 1904 Centris bicolorella Cockerell, 1904b: 235 (nom. nov. for Centris smithii Friese, 1899 ). Junior synonym of C. ( Penthemisia ) chilensis ( Spinola, 1851 ) ( Alfken 1904 ) . Comment The synonymy between C. smithii and C. chilensis was proposed in 1904 by Alfken, the same year that Cockerell proposed the name C. bicolorella for the species described by Friese (1899) . Apparently, Cockerell did not notice the synonymy because he did not have access to Alfken’s article. This can be supposed because Alfken’s article was published on June 30 while Cockerell’s paper appeared in the issue released in September.