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 schwarzi
Cockerell, 1919
Fig. 28
Centris schwarzi
Cockerell, 1919: 192
.
Junior synonym
of
C.
(
Trachina
)
labiata
Friese, 1904
(
Snelling 1984
)
.
Type
data
This species was described based on a single female specimen collected in Cacao, northern
Guatemala
, by two renowned entomologists, the German-American Eugene Amandus Schwarz (
1844–1928
) (
Howard 1928
) and the American Herbert Spencer Barber (
1882–1950
). Both researchers were skillful collectors specialized in the study of beetles (
Caudell 1907
). The
holotype
(
Fig. 28
) is currently housed at
NMNH
and has the following data label: Cacao [printed] 1904 26.3 [handwritten] Guat [printed]\ Alta V. Paz
Guatemala
[printed]\ Barber & Schwarz Coll [printed]\
Centris schwarzi
Ckll.
Type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No. [printed] 21657 [handwritten]
U.S.
N.M. [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534214 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz
NMNH
[printed].
Type
locality
Guatemala
:
Alta Verapaz Department
: Cacao.
Comment
Taxonomic decision for synonymy:
Snelling (1984)
.