Centris decipiens Moure & Seabra, 1960

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 : 8

Centris decipiens Moure & Seabra, 1960

Centris (Ptilotopus) decipiens MOURE & SEABRA, 1960: 115 .

Type data. This species was proposed based on specimens of both sexes collected in Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo States, southeastern Brazil. The holotype female and one paratype male were housed at MNRJ and both are currently destroyed. 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] S. Bento Duque de Caxias Est. do Rio BRASIL [printed] II.955 [handwritten] P. A. Teles [printed]\ [light yellow label with black rim] Centris decipiens M. S. [handwritten] Det. J. S. Moure 19 [printed] 59 [handwritten]\ [red label with black rim] HOLOTYPE [printed] C. (Ptilotopus) decipiens [handwritten] J. S. Moure [printed] Seabra [handwritten] ( MNRJ, destroyed).

Paratype male 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] S. Bento Duque de Caxias Est. do Rio BRASIL [printed] 16-I- 955 [handwritten] P. A. Teles [printed]\ [light yellow label with black rim] Centris decipiens M. S. [handwritten] Det. J. S. Moure 19 [printed] 59 [handwritten]\ [red label with black rim] ALLOTYPE [printed] C. (Ptilotopus) decipiens [handwritten] J. S. Moure [printed] Seabra [handwritten] ( MNRJ, destroyed) .

Type locality. Brazil: Rio de Janeiro State: São Bento.