Centris agiloides Snelling, 1984

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 : 13

Centris agiloides Snelling, 1984

Centris (Melanocentris) agiloides SNELLING, 1984: 27 .

Type data. SNELLING (1984) described this species using specimens of both sexes collected in Heredia and Cartago Provinces, Costa Rica. The specimen chosen as holotype was collected by the American biologist and pioneer of the exploration of the rain forest canopy Donald R. Perry at Finca La Selva, near Puerto Viejo , Heredia, and is currently housed at LACM . Of the series of paratypes, three were found at ZMB and one at MNHP, as follows: Paratype female with the following data label: COSTA RICA, Heredia Prov.: Finca La Selva. ca. 500 ft. [printed] 6.V.1979 [handwritten] D. R. Perry [printed]\ on flowers of Dussia 1045-1115 hrs. [printed]\ 7 [printed]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris (Melanocentris) agiloides R. R. SNELLING [printed] ( ZMB). Paratype female with the following data label: COSTA RICA, Heredia Prov.: Finca La Selva. ca. 500 ft. [printed] 6.V.1979 [handwritten] D. R. Perry [printed]\ on flowers of Dussia 1045-1115 hrs. [printed]\ 7 [printed]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris (Melanocentris) agiloides R. R. SNELLING [printed]\ [light yellow label] 537/3 [handwritten]\ ZMB [printed]\ Centris agiloides ZMB 537/3 [printed] ( ZMB). Paratype male with the following data label: COSTA RICA, Heredia Prov.: Finca La Selva, nr Puerto Viejo , elev. ca. 500 ft. [printed] 6.V.1979 count 5 [handwritten] D. R. Perry [printed] 0945-1045 [handwritten]\ sp. 45 [handwritten] on flowers of Dussia [printed]\ 24 [printed]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris (Melanocentris) agiloides R. R. SNELLING [printed]\ [light yellow label] 537/3 [handwritten]\ ZMB [printed]\ Centris agiloides ZMB 537/3 [printed] ( ZMB). Paratype male with the following data label: COSTA RICA, Heredia Prov.: Finca La Selva, nr Puerto Viejo , elev. ca. 500 ft. [printed] 6.V.1979 count 5 [handwritten] D. R. Perry [printed] 0945-1045 [handwritten]\ sp. 45 [handwritten] on flowers of Dussia [printed]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris (Melanocentris) agiloides R. R. SNELLING [printed] ( MNHP) .

Type locality. Costa Rica: Heredia Province: Puerto Viejo .