Centris clypeata Friese, 1899

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, Species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Heinrich Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 4820 (2), pp. 231-259 : 248

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.2.2
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scientific name	Centris clypeata Friese, 1899
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Centris clypeata Friese, 1899 View in CoL

Centris clypeata Friese, 1899: 41 View in CoL . Junior primary homonym of C. clypeata Lepeletier, 1841 View in CoL . Junior synonym of C. nigrocaerulea Smith, 1854 ( Snelling 1984) View in CoL .

Type data: Friese (1899) had approximately one hundred specimens to describe this species, mainly from Orizaba, southeastern Mexico. The lectotype was designated by Vivallo (2020) which has the following data label: 11660 Mexiko [handwritten]\ Centris clypeata n. sp. ♂ [handwritten] det. Friese 1898 [printed]\ [light blue label] Lecto-type Centris clypeata Friese, 1899 des. F. Vivallo, 2017 [printed] ( MNHP).

Type locality: Mexico: Veracruz state: Orizaba .

Comments: The male of this species is the only North American C. (Paracentris) ( sensu Zanella 2002 ) with blackish pubescence and yellow clypeal disc. This species was correctly interpreted by Snelling (1984) and Moure et al. (2007).