Centrisfulvohirta (Cameron, 1903)

Paracentris fulvohirta Cameron, 1903: 236 (junior synonym of Centriscaelebs Friese, 1899).

Type data

Lectotype male (NHMUK, revised). Subsequent designation: Moure (1999). Data label: [light yellow label] Paracentris fulvohirta Cam. Type Ecuador [handwritten]\ [red-rimmed circular label] Type [printed]\ B.M. TYPE HYM. [printed] 17B.907. [handwritten]\ Cameron Coll. 1904‒29. [printed]\ Michachi Ecuador 9-10,000 feet. Ed. Whymper. [printed]\ [black-rimmed] Lectotype fulvohirta Cm. [handwritten] Det. J.S. Moure 19 [printed] 57 [handwritten]\ [black-rimmed] Centris (Paracentris) caelebs Friese, 1900 F. Zanella det., 1998 [printed] (NHMUK).

Paralectotype with the following data label: Paracentris fulvohirta Cam. Type Ecuador [handwritten]\ [red-rimmed circular label] Type [printed]\ B.M. TYPE HYM. [printed] 17B.907. [handwritten]\ Cameron Coll. 1904‒29. [printed]\ Quito [handwritten] Ecuador [printed] 9000 [handwritten] feet. Ed. Whymper. [printed]\ C. fulvo-hirta- paratype in the collection [handwritten]\ [white label with yellow lateral margins] PARALECTOTYPE [printed] Paracentris fulvohirta Cameron, 1903 [handwritten] (NHMUK).

Type locality

Ecuador: Pichincha Province, Machachi (9–10 000 feet).

Johann Ludwig Christ

Johann Ludwig Christ (1739‒1813) was a German naturalist, gardener and pastor. Despite being a specialist in Hymenoptera, he also became interested in fruit growing, agriculture and beekeeping while he was a pastor, first in Wetterau and later in Kronberg, Germany (Wilhelm 1957). Christ died in his country of origin, aged 74.

Christ’s Centris bee

Christ only contributed to the knowledge of Centris describing a variety of C. flavifrons (Fabricius, 1775) from Brazil. Currently, it is considered a junior synonym of that species.