Centris wilmattae Cockerell, 1926

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Centris wilmattae Cockerell, 1926

Centris (Trachina) wilmattae Cockerell, 1926a: 224 .

Junior synonym of C. (Penthemisia) buchholzi Herbst, 1918 ( Zanella 2002) .

Type data

This species was described based on a single female specimen collected by Wilmatte P. Cockerell in southern Peru on August 22. The holotype is housed at AMNH and has the following data label: Tingo. Peru. Aug. 22. (W.P.Cockerell) [handwritten]\ Centris wilmattae Ckll. Type. [handwritten]\ ac33337 [handwritten]\ Centris buchholzi Herbst, 1918 F. Zanella det., 1999 [printed]\ AMNH _IZC 00323441 [data matrix code] [printed].

Type locality

Peru: Arequipa Department: Tingo.

Comment

Centris buchholzi was described by Herbst (1918) based on male and female specimens collected in Tocopilla, northern Chile. Two males of the type series are housed at MCZ, one of them with the metasoma missing. The complete male is here designated the lectotype, and it has the following data label: Chile 190 P. Herbst [printed] Nord Chile Tocopilla 10.X.1916 [handwritten in red ink]\ Centris buchholzi ♂ P. Herbst in litt. Type [handwritten in red ink]\ P. Herbst Collection [printed]\ [red label] M.C.Z. Type [printed] 23334 [handwritten]\ MCZ-ENT 00023334 [QR code] [printed]. The male paralectotype has the following data label: Chile 190 P. Herbst [printed] Nord Tocopilla 10.X.1916 [handwritten in red ink]\ Centris buchholzi ♂ P. Herbst in litt. Type [handwritten in red ink]\ P. Herbst Collection [printed]\ [red label] M.C.Z. Type [printed] 23334 [handwritten]\ MCZ-ENT 00511493 [QR code] [printed]. The current condition and depository of the female paralectotype are unknown. The fixation of the lectotype allows confirmation of the synonymy between this species and C. wilmattae proposed by Zanella (2002).