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
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2020.618
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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).