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
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journal article
10.5852/ejt.2020.618
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Centris calloxantha
Cockerell, 1919
Fig. 30
Centris calloxantha
Cockerell, 1919: 187
.
Junior synonym
of
C.
(
Xanthemisia
)
bicolor
Lepeletier, 1841
(
Moure
et al.
2007
).
Type
data
Cockerell (1919)
did not specify how many males he studied to describe this species. According to the labels of the type specimen housed at
NMNH
, it was based on a single specimen collected by William Rosenberg in Chanchamayo,
Peru
. The
holotype
(
Fig. 30
) has the following data label: Chauchamayo
Peru
[printed]\ From WFH Rosenberg [printed]\
Centris calloxantha
Ckll.
Type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No. [printed] 21649 [handwritten]
U.S.
N.M. [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534187 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz
NMNH
[printed].
Type
locality
Peru
:
Junín
Department: Chanchamayo (“Chauchamayo”).
Fig. 30.
Centris calloxantha
Cockerell, 1919
, holotype, ♂ (
NMNH
; USNM ENT 00534187).
A
. Frontal view.
B
. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.
Comment
The species described by Cockerell only differs from normal males of
C. bicolor
by the presence of dark brown hairs on the mesoscutum.