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 heterodonta Cockerell, 1912 Centris ( Ptilotopus ) heterodonta Cockerell, 1912a: 43–44 . New junior synonym of C. ( Trachina ) dentata Smith, 1854 . Type data As for Centris bakeri , the female specimen studied by Cockerell to describe this species was collected by William Mann and Fred Baker in Rio Madeira, Rondônia State , northern Brazil . The holotype is currently housed at AMNH and has the following data label: Porto Velho, Rio Madeirrazil Mann & Baker. [printed]\ Centris heterodonta Ckll. Type. [handwritten]\ ac33337 [handwritten]\ AMNH _IZC 00323437 [data matrix] [printed]. Type locality Brazil : Rondônia State : Rio Madeira. Comments The study of the type specimens of C. dentata and C. heterodonta allows proposing the synonymy between these both species. Despite the distribution range mentioned by Moure et al. (2007) , this species occurs only in South America (unpubl. data).