Centriszonalis Dominique, 1898

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Centriszonalis Dominique, 1898

Fig. 2A

Centriszonalis Dominique, 1898: 59 (junior synonym of C. laticincta ( Spinola, 1841)) .

Type data

Dominique described this species using an undetermined number of female specimens. The lectotype was designated by Rasmussen et al. (2007) and it has the following data label: [black-rimmed white yellowish label] Maroni Guyane-Française [printed]\ Centris (Melacentris) insignis Smith, 1854 Det. Rasmussen & Mahé [printed]\ [red label] LECTOTYPE Centris zonalis Dominique, 1898 Des. Rasmussen, 2006 [printed] (MHNN) ( Fig. 2 A ). Paralectotype female with the following data label: [black-rimmed white yellowish label] Maroni Guyane-Française [printed]\ Centris (Melacentris) insignis Smith, 1854 Det. Rasmussen & Mahé [printed]\ [yellow label] PARALECTOTYPE Centris zonalis Dominique, 1898 Des. Rasmussen, 2006 [printed] (MHNN).

Type locality

French Guiana: Maroni River.

Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson

Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (1809‒1848) was a German doctor and entomologist. He worked actively in different areas of zoology, mainly with beetles, which led him to be appointed curator of the Coleoptera collection of the ZMB ( Klug 1850). Erichson died very young, only 39 years old.

Erichson’s Centris bee

Erichson described several new species of insects, but only two in Centris . When he proposed them, Hemisia Klug, 1807 was considered the valid name of the genus, so he placed his species in it. Later, the genus name was updated to Centris .

Figures

Fig 2. Data labels. A. Centriszonalis Dominique, 1898 (lectotype ♀). B. Centris lyngbyei Jensen- Haarup, 1908 (lectotype ♂).