Centris rhodopus pulchrior Cockerell, 1900

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 : 34

Centris rhodopus pulchrior Cockerell, 1900

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Centris rhodopus var. pulchrior Cockerell, 1900: 363 .

Junior synonym of C. (Paracentris) rhodopus ( Snelling 1974) .

Type data

This species was described based on a single male specimen collected at Mesilla Park, New Mexico, on June 24. The holotype ( Fig. 24 ) is housed at NMNH and has the following data label: Mesilla Park. June 24. (Ckll) [handwritten]\ C. rhodopus v. pulchrior Ckll Type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No [printed] 5802 [handwritten] U.S. N.M. [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534208 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed].

Type locality

United States: New Mexico State: Mesilla Park.

Comment

Centris rhodopus pulchrior is slightly larger than normal males of C. rhodopus , the hairs on the hind legs are lighter and the whitish bands on the terga are more defined.

Figures

Fig. 24. Centris rhodopus pulchrior Cockerell, 1900, holotype, ♂ (NMNH; USNM ENT 00534208). A. Frontal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.