Lectotype designations taxonomic notes and new synonymies in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Frederick Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Author Vivallo, Felipe text Zootaxa 2020 2020-01-29 4729 2 151 176 journal article 24224 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.1 3eeb8ad3-f39e-48d6-8b27-0e66d006d322 1175-5326 3632239 A5200288-5C6F-44F9-A0FB-0E479F871A62 Centris ( Paracentris ) nigerrima ( Spinola, 1851 ) Hemisia nigerrima Spinola, 1851 . 167. Type data: Syntypes female ( MSNT , not examined) . Type locality: Chile : Coquimbo . Anthophora dimidiata Smith, 1854 . 340. Type data: This species was described based on males collected in Chile . A specimen belonging to the type series is housed at NHMUK and is here designated the lectotype . The exemplar has the following data label: Type H. T . [red-rimmed circular label, printed]\ B.M. TYPE HYM . [printed] 17B.924 [handwritten]\ Anthophora dimidiata Sm. Chili Type [handwritten]\ F. Sm. Coll. 79.22 [printed] type [handwritten]\ = Centris nigerrima Spinola, 1851 Moldenke II-1978 [handwritten]. Type locality: Chile . Comments: Taxonomic decision for synonymy: Cockerell (1913) . This species was correctly interpreted by Zanella (2002) and Moure et al . (2007) . The type locality of A . dimidiata cannot be further narrowed down than to Chile .