Centris aethyctera Snelling, 1974

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 : 12-13

Centris aethyctera Snelling, 1974

Centris (Centris) aethyctera SNELLING, 1974: 23 .

Type data. This species was described based on male and female specimens collected at Hacienda Comelco, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. The holotype was collected by the ecologist Earl Raymond Heithaus (1946‒) on flowers of Caesalpinia eriostachys Benth. ( Fabaceae ) and is currently housed at LACM. Paratype female with the following data label: 17761 [printed]\ Hacienda COMELCO 24 km. NW Canas, Inter-Am H’wy, Guanacaste Pvnce., Costa Rica. El. 50 m. Coll.: E. R. Heithaus [printed]\ On flowers of: Caesalpinia eriostachys Benth. Coll. No. 505 14-II-72 0730-0930 [printed]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris (C.) aethyctera ♀ R. R. SNELLING 197 [printed] 4 [handwritten] ( ZMB). Paratype female with the following data label: 17762 [printed]\ Hacienda COMELCO 24 km. NW Canas, Inter-Am H’wy, Guanacaste Pvnce., Costa Rica. El. 50 m. Coll.: E. R. Heithaus [printed]\ On flowers of: Caesalpinia eriostachys Benth. Coll. No. 505 14-II-72 0730-0930 [printed]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris (C.) aethyctera ♀ R. R. SNELLING 197 [printed] 4 [handwritten] ( NMNH). Paratype male with the following data label: 17781 [printed]\ Hacienda COMELCO 24 km. NW Canas, Inter-Am H’wy, Guanacaste Pvnce., Costa Rica. El. 50 m. Coll.: E. R. Heithaus [printed]\ On flowers of: Caesalpinia eriostachys Benth. Coll. No. 505 14-II-72 0730-0930 [printed]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris (C.) aethyctera ♀ R. R. SNELLING 197 [printed] 4 [handwritten] ( NMNH). Paratype male with the following data label: 18192 [printed]\ Hacienda COMELCO 24 km. NW Canas, Inter-Am H’wy, Guanacaste Pvnce., Costa Rica. El. 50 m. Coll.: E. R. Heithaus [printed]\ On flowers of: [printed] Caesalpinia [handwritten] Coll. No. [printed] 505 16-II-72 0730 [handwritten]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris (C.) aethyctera ♂ R. R. SNELLING 1973 [printed] ( ZMB).

Type locality. Costa Rica: Guanacaste Province: Hacienda Comelco.