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 euphenax Cockerell, 1913 Centris euphenax Cockerell, 1913: 109–110 . Type data This species was described based on a single male specimen collected by the American entomologist and dipterologist Charles Henry Typer Townsend ( 1863–1944 ) on March 27 during a trip to Peru . Townsend went there not to study bees, but cotton pests ( Evenhuis 2013 ). He was a difficult man to work with and this no doubt led to his virtually isolating himself from other colleagues. Nevertheless, he and Cockerell had a cordial relationship and that could have facilitated the sending of some bees to be studied by this latter researcher. The male holotype , not female as mentioned in the original description, is housed at AMNH and has the following data label: Pachacayo. Peru . March. 27 [?] 12000 ft [?] CHT Townsend. [handwritten]\ Centris euphenax Ckll Type. [handwritten]\ ac33337 [handwritten]. Type locality Peru : Junín Department: Pachacayo (“over 12,000 ft. ”). Comment This species was correctly interpreted by Moure et al. (2007) .