The Centris bees described by Ezra Townsend Cresson (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Author Vivallo, Felipe text Iheringia, Série Zoologia 2020 e 2020020 2020-08-17 110 1 7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-4766e2020020 journal article 10.1590/1678-4766e2020020 1678-4766 Centris ( Xanthemisia ) armillata Cresson, 1869 Centris armillatus CRESSON, 1869 . 2:298. Junior synonym of C . aethiops ( SNELLING, 1966 ) . Type data. Cresson proposed this new species based on a single male specimen collected in an unknown locality in Cuba . The holotype is housed at IESH (Gundlach collection) and unfortunately it was not available during the development of this article . Type locality. Greater Antilles : Cuba . Comment. The male of this species has the mesoscutum with a band of pale yellow pilosity on the anterior margin, contrasted with the blackish pubescence of the rest of the body; and the punctation of the clypeus is uniformly distributed. The type locality cannot be further narrowed down than to Cuba .