Centris lilacina Cockerell, 1919

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 618, pp. 1-47 : 5-6

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.618

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3730303

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scientific name

Centris lilacina Cockerell, 1919
status

 

Centris lilacina Cockerell, 1919 View in CoL

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Centris lilacina Cockerell, 1919: 191–192 View in CoL .

Type data

This species was described based on a single female specimen collected by the English traveler, naturalist, ornithologist and entomologist William Frederick Henry Rosenberg (1868–1957) who made collecting trips to northern South America (Günter 1912). The holotype ( Fig. 1 View Fig ) is housed at the NMNH under the number 21656 and has the following data label: Palcazu Peru [printed]\ Collection Rosenberg\ Centris lilacina Ckll type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No. [printed] 21656 [handwritten] U.S. N.M.

[printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534201 [barcode]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed].

Type locality

Peru: Pasco department: Palcazú.

Comments

This species was correctly interpreted by Moure (2002) and Moure et al. (2007). Erroneously, Moure (2002) considered the specimen housed at NMNH a syntype.

Cockerell T. D. A. 1919. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. 3. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55: 167 - 221. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.55 - 2264.167

Moure, J. S. 2002. O subgenero Centris (Aphemisia) Ayala: notas complementares e descricao de uma nova especie (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Revista brasileira de Entomologia 46 (3): 257 - 261. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / s 0085 - 56262002000300006

Moure J. S., Melo G. A. R. & Vivallo F. 2007. Centridini Cockerell & Cockerell. In: Moure J. S., Urban D. & Melo G. A. R. (orgs) Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region: 83 - 142. Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia, Curitibrazil.

Gallery Image

Fig. 1. Centris lilacina Cockerell, 1919, holotype, ♀ (NMNH; USNM ENT 00534201). A. Frontal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.

NMNH

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Centris

SubGenus

Centris