Centris (Xanthemisia) armillata Cresson, 1869

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, The Centris bees described by Ezra Townsend Cresson (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2020020) 110, pp. 1-7 : 6

Centris (Xanthemisia) armillata Cresson, 1869

Centris armillatus CRESSON, 1869 . 2:298. Junior synonym of C. aethiops ( SNELLING, 1966) .

Type data. Cresson proposed this new species based on a single male specimen collected in an unknown locality in Cuba. The holotype is housed at IESH (Gundlach collection) and unfortunately it was not available during the development of this article .

Type locality. Greater Antilles : Cuba .

Comment. The male of this species has the mesoscutum with a band of pale yellow pilosity on the anterior margin, contrasted with the blackish pubescence of the rest of the body; and the punctation of the clypeus is uniformly distributed. The type locality cannot be further narrowed down than to Cuba .