Centris (Trachina) proxima Friese, 1899

Rasmussen, Claus & Vivallo, Felipe, 2014, Lectotype designations and new synonymies in the Neotropical bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 3856 (4), pp. 585-594 : 592

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scientific name	Centris (Trachina) proxima Friese, 1899
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Centris (Trachina) proxima Friese, 1899 View in CoL

Centris proxima Friese, 1899b: 45 View in CoL [New lectotype designation]

Centris proxima View in CoL lectotype (♂, Figs 25–28 View FIGURES 25 – 28 ): Friese described this species based on five or more specimens from Brazil. No specimens from the syntype series were seen in ZMBH (e.g., from Santa Leopoldina, Espirito Santo). A single male labeled “ Brasil / Jundiahy / 16.ii.1899 / Schrottky” [printed, except date and month], “ Centris View in CoL ♂ / proxima View in CoL F. / 1900 Friese det. [printed] / Type ” is therefore here designated as the lectotype. The lectotype specimen was collected by Curt Schrottky and formed part of the early bee study by Schrottky from Brazil, São Paulo, Jundiaí ( Rasmussen et al. 2009). Centris proxima View in CoL has been considered a junior synonymon of C. dentata Smith, 1854 View in CoL (e.g., Snelling 1984; Azevedo & Silveira 2005), but following Moure et al. (2007) is here considered a distinct and valid species.

References

Moure, J. S., Melo, G. A. R. & Vivallo, F. (2007) Centridini Cockerell & Cockerell, 1901. In: Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (Eds.), Catalogue of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical region, Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia, Curitiba (Parana), pp. 83 - 142.

Azevedo, A. A. & Silveira, F. A. (2005) Two new species of Centris (Trachina) Klug, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a note on Centris pachysoma Cockerell, 1919. Lundiana (Belo Horizonte), 6, 41 - 48.

Friese, H. (1899 b [ 1900 ]) Neue Arten der Bienengattungen Epicharis Klug und Centris Fabr. Termeszetrajzi Fuzetek, 23, 39 - 48.

Rasmussen, C., Garcete-Barrett, B. R. & Goncalves, R. B. (2009) Curt Schrottky (1874 - 1937): South American entomology at the beginning of the 20 th century (Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera). Zootaxa, 2282, 1 - 50.

Smith, F. (1854) Catalogue of the Hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II, Apidae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 267 pp. [pp. 199 - 465]

Snelling, R. R. (1984) Studies on the taxonomy and distribution of American Centridine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 347, 1 - 69.