Centris (Paracentris) mexicana Smith, 1854

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, Lectotype designations taxonomic notes and new synonymies in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Frederick Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 4729 (2), pp. 151-176 : 167

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A5200288-5C6F-44F9-A0FB-0E479F871A62
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5918774
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scientific name	Centris (Paracentris) mexicana Smith, 1854
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Centris (Paracentris) mexicana Smith, 1854 View in CoL

Centris mexicana Smith, 1854 View in CoL . 378.

Type data: Smith (1854) described this species based on an undetermined number of males collected in Mexico. A syntype is housed at NHMUK and is here designated the lectotype. The specimen has the following data label: Type H. T. [red-rimmed circular label, printed]\ B.M. TYPE HYM. [printed] 17B.909 [handwritten]\ [circular label] Mexico [handwritten]\ ♂ [handwritten]\ Centris mexicana Type. Smith. [handwritten]\ mexicana Sm. Type [handwritten]. The lectotype is in good condition and is coded NHMUK 010812605 in the NHMUK data portal.

Snelling (1974) mentioned that the “type” of this species was a male, not a female as originally mentioned by Smith (1854), without citing additional information that could help to recognize the specimen; therefore, this cannot be interpreted as a valid lectotype designation.

Type locality: Mexico .

Comment: The type locality cannot be further narrowed down than to Mexico.