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 rhodoleuca
Cockerell, 1923
Centris rhodoleuca
Cockerell, 1923: 76
.
Junior synonym
of
C.
(
Paracentris
)
rhodopus
(
Snelling 1974
)
.
Type
data
This species was described based on a single male specimen collected by E.P. Van Duzee at Punta Willard,
Isla
Tiburón, on
July 3, 1921
. The
holotype
is housed at
CAS
and has the following data label: Tiburon Isd Gulf Calif.
July 3 1921
[printed]\ Willard’s Point Bay [printed]\ EPVanDuzee Collector [printed]\
Centris rhodoleuca
Ckll.
Type. [handwritten]\ California Academy of Sciences Type No. [printed] 932 [handwritten].
Type
locality
Mexico
:
Sonora State
: Isla Tiburón: Punta Willard.
Comment
The
type
specimen of
Centris rhodoleuca
looks very different from males of
C. rhodopus
, but it is actually conspecific, corresponding to a metander male.