Centris (Melanocentris) violacea Lepeletier, 1841

Vivallo, Felipe, 2019, Lectotype designations, taxonomic notes and new synonymies in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Amédée Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 4624 (1), pp. 23-40 : 33

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5923302
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scientific name	Centris (Melanocentris) violacea Lepeletier, 1841
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Centris (Melanocentris) violacea Lepeletier, 1841 View in CoL

Centris violacea Lepeletier, 1841 View in CoL . 151, 152.

Type data: In MNHP was found a female from Lepeletier’s collection with the following data label: violacea [handwritten]\ [circular label] du nord de la Capite de St Paul [handwritten]\ [red label] Holotype [handwritten]\ Museum Paris nord Capite de St- Paul [printed]. According to the original description, the type locality of this species is “Brasilia” ( Brazil) which agrees with the information label of a female housed at OUMNH that bears the following data label: Bres. [handwritten]\ Centris violacea Lep. ♀ Brasilia [handwritten]. This specimen is here designated as the lectotype. According to the original description, this exemplar belonged to Dejean’s collection and it is in good condition.

Type locality: Brazil .

Comment: Centris violacea only occurs in Brazil. It has been recorded in Distrito Federal and in the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais ( Moure et al., 2007).