Centris furcata friesei Schrottky, 1902

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, The species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Curt Schrottky (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60, pp. 1-6 : 3

Centris furcata friesei Schrottky, 1902

Centris (Melanocentris) furcata var. friesei Schrottky, 1902a: 312 . Junior synonym of C. obsoleta Lepeletier, 1841 ( Friese, 1904) .

Type data: This variety was proposed based on an undetermined number of males collected in São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil. Moure et al. (2007) mentioned the existence of a holotype housed at MZSP but no primary types of this species were found in that collection ( Ramos et al., 2015).The current condition and depository are unknown.

Comments: According to the original description ( Schrottky, 1902a) the type specimen was deposited in Schrottky’s own collection. Unfortunately, it is very probable that the type specimen is lost or destroyed, as well as a large number of his primary types ( Rasmussen et al., 2009). Centris obsoleta is widely distributed in South America, being recorded in Argentina (Corrientes province), Brazil (Amazonas, Ceará, Mato Grosso, Pará, and São Paulo states), French Guiana, Paraguay and Venezuela (Mérida state) ( Moure et al., 2007). Both sexes of this species have a strong variation in the coloration of the pubescence, which led different authors to describe subspecies, varieties or new species based on this character. Photographs of both sexes can be found in Vivallo & Zanella (2012).