Centris erythrotricha Seabra & Moure, 1961

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 : 9

Centris erythrotricha Seabra & Moure, 1961

Centris (Ptilotopus) erythrotricha SEABRA & MOURE, 1961: 26 .

Type data. This species was described based on three females collected in Loreto Department, northeastern Peru. The holotype was collected by the Peruvian botanist José Miguel Schunke (1929‒2018) in Pucallpa and it was housed at MNRJ (destroyed). The paratype from Rio Tapiche was collected by H. Basser and is housed at AMNH. The holotype had the following data label: [light yellow label with black rim] COLEÇÃO CAMPOS SEABRA [printed]\ [red label] HOLOTIPO [printed]\ [light yellow label with black rim] PUCALLPA Loreto PERU [printed] 19 Maio 1959 [handwritten] J. M. Schunke [printed]\ [light yellow label] Pucallpa 19-5-59 [handwritten] ( MNRJ, destroyed) . Paratype with the following data label Lower Rio Tapiche , Peru [printed] III.1928 [handwritten] F [printed] 6154 [handwritten]\ H. Bassler Collection Acc. 33591 [printed]\ [white label with black rim] HOLOTYPE [printed] C. (Ptilotopus) erythrotricha [handwritten] J. S. Moure [printed] 1957 [handwritten]\ AMNH _ENT AMNH _ BEE 00274784 QR code [printed] ( AMNH).

As mentioned above, the description of this species was based only on females. Nevertheless, a male specimen labeled “ alotipo ” was housed at MNRJ. The specimen is currently destroyed and it had the following data label: [light yellow label with black rim] COLEÇÃO CAMPOS SEABRA [printed]\ [red label] ALOTIPO [printed]\ [light yellow label with black rim] PUCALLPA Loreto PERU [printed] 15 Novembro 1960 [handwritten] J. M. Schunke [printed]\ [light yellow label] Pucallpa 15-11-60 [handwritten] ( MNRJ, destroyed)

Type locality. Peru: Loreto Department: Pucallpa .