Centris fusciventris matoensis Cockerell, 1919

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 618, pp. 1-47 : 25-26

Centris fusciventris matoensis Cockerell, 1919

Fig. 19

Centris fusciventris matoensis Cockerell, 1919: 189–190 .

New junior synonym of C. (Melanocentris) caurensis Cockerell, 1919 .

Type data

As for Centris caurensis , the single male specimen used by Cockerell (1919) to describe this species was also collected by Melbourne Carriker in the same locality. The holotype ( Fig. 19 ) is housed at NMNH and has the following data label: Rio Mato Caura Dist Venez [printed] X.09 [handwritten]\ MACarriker collector [printed]\ Centris fusciventris var. matoensis Ckll Type [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No. [printed] 21654 [handwritten] U.S. N.M. [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534203 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed].

Type locality

Venezuela: Bolívar State: Rio Mato (“Caura district, Rio Mato”).

Comment

Cockerell (1919) cited a specimen also collected by M. Carriker at the type locality of C. fusciventris caurensis and C. fusciventris matoensis as a subvariety of the latter subspecies. The characters cited by him about the integument of the clypeus and the pubescence on the fourth tergum are within the variation range of C. caurensis .

Figures

Fig. 19. Centris fusciventris matoensis Cockerell, 1919, holotype, ♂ (NMNH; USNM ENT 00534203). A. Frontal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.