Centris aethiocesta Snelling, 1984

Vivallo, Felipe, 2023, Taxonomic notes on the primary types of some species of Centris bees described by some entomologists from the Americas (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2023003) 113, pp. 1-18 : 12

Centris aethiocesta Snelling, 1984

Centris (Centris) aethiocesta SNELLING, 1984: 18 .

Type data. This species was proposed based on several specimens of both sexes collected in Panama, Costa Rica and El Salvador. The holotype female was collected by the American entomologist David Ward Roubik (1951–) at Isla El Rey, Panama flying around Dioclea megacarpa Rolfe ( Fabaceae ). The type is housed at LACM. Paratype female with the following data label: 11.00 min [handwritten]\ #50 [handwritten]\ PANAMA: Perlas Is. [printed] airstrip. Isl. del Rey 22 Feb [handwritten] 198 [printed] 1 [handwritten] D. Roubik no. [printed] 3 [handwritten]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris [printed] aethiocesta ♀ [handwritten] R. R. SNELLING [printed] ( NMNH). Paratype male with the following data label: PANAMA Varaguas Prov. Coiba Island [printed] 24 Oct 79 [handwritten] D. Roubik Coll. [printed] #17 [handwritten]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris [printed] aethiocesta ♀ [handwritten] R. R. SNELLING [printed] ( NMNH). 2 paratypes male with the following data label: PANAMA Varaguas Prov. Coiba Island [printed] beach 21 Oct 79 [handwritten] D. Roubik Coll. [printed] #2 [handwritten]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris [printed] aethiocesta ♀ [handwritten] R. R. SNELLING [printed] ( NMNH).

Type locality. Panama: Panamá Province: Islas Perlas: Isla El Rey .