Centris heithausi Snelling, 1974

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 : 15

Centris heithausi Snelling, 1974

Centris (Trachina) heithausi SNELLING, 1974: 20 .

Type data. SNELLING (1974) described this species based on male and female specimens collected by the same collector in the same type locality of C. aethyctera ‒E. R. Heithaus at Hacienda Comelco, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica ‒ visiting Caesalpinia ( Fabaceae ). The holotype is deposited at LACM. Paratype female with the following data label: 17732 [printed]\ Hacienda COMELCO 24 km. NW Canas, Inter-Am H’wy, Guanacaste Pvnce., Costa Rica. El. 50 m. Coll.: E. R. Heithaus [printed]\ On flowers of: Caesalpinia eriostachys Benth. Coll. No. 505 14-II-72 0730-0930 [printed]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE [printed] Centris heithausi ♀ [handwritten] R. R. Snelling [printed] ’74 [handwritten]\ AMNH _ENT AMNH _BEE 00107907 QR code [printed] ( AMNH). Paratype male with the following data label: 17731 [printed]\ Hacienda COMELCO 24 km. NW Canas, Inter-Am H’wy, Guanacaste Pvnce., Costa Rica. El. 50 m. Coll.: E. R. Heithaus [printed]\ On flowers of: Caesalpinia eriostachys Benth. Coll. No. 505 14-II-72 0730-0930 [printed]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE [printed] Centris heithausi ♂ [handwritten] R. R. Snelling [printed] ’74 [handwritten]\ AMNH _ENT AMNH _BEE 00107907 QR code [printed] ( AMNH). Paratype male with the following data label: 17887 [printed]\ Hacienda COMELCO 24 km. NW Canas, Inter-Am H’wy, Guanacaste Pvnce., Costa Rica. El. 50 m. Coll.: E. R. Heithaus [printed]\ On flowers of: Caesalpinia eriostachys Benth. Coll. No. 505 14-II-72 0730-0930 [printed] 10 15 [handwritten]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris (Trachina) heithausi ♂ R.R. SNELLING [handwritten] ( NMNH). Paratype female with the following data label: 18226 [printed]\ Hacienda COMELCO 24 km. NW Canas, Inter-Am H’wy, Guanacaste Pvnce., Costa Rica. El. 50 m. Coll.: E. R. Heithaus [printed]\ On flowers of: Coll. No. [printed] 505 16-II-72 0730 [handwritten]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris (Trachina) heithausi ♀ R.R. SNELLING [handwritten] ( NMNH).

Type locality. Costa Rica: Guanacaste Province: “ 24 km NW of Cañas, Hacienda Comelco , 50 m ” .