The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Author
Vivallo, Felipe
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-03-19
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2020.618
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Centris versicolor vincentana
Cockerell, 1938
Fig. 8
Centris versicolor vincentana
Cockerell, 1938: 282–283
.
Junior synonym
of
C.
(
Centris
)
versicolor
(
Fabricius, 1775
) (
Moure 1960
)
.
Type
data
This subspecies was described based on two males collected by J. Ogilvie at
Saint Vincent
, Lesser Antilles, on
April 12, 1938
. In the original description,
Cockerell (1938)
did not specify which male was the
holotype
or mentioned any data that could help to recognize it. However,
Moure (1960)
mentioned the type of this species was numbered 54853. In the
NMNH
, both specimens cited by Cockerell were found, with the number mentioned by
Moure (1960)
, one bearing a label “type” and the other “cotype”. The
holotype
(
Fig. 8
) has the following data label:
St. Vincent
12.4.38 J.O. [handwritten]\
Centris versicolor vincentana
Ckll
Type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No 54853 [handwritten] USNM [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534218 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz
NMNH
[printed]. The male
paratype
has the following data label:
St. Vincent
B.W.I. 12.4.38 (J. Ogilvie) [handwritten]\
Centris versicolor vincentana
Ckll
cotype [handwritten]\ [red label]
Paratype
No 54853 [handwritten] USNM [printed]. Both specimens are in good condition.
Type
locality
Lesser Antilles:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
:
Saint Vincent Island
.