Centris deiopeia Gribodo, 1891

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, The species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae) described by Giovanni Gribodo, Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 46 (1), pp. 51-59 : 55

Centris deiopeia Gribodo, 1891

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Centris deiopeia Gribodo, 1891: 112 , 113.

Type data. Centris deiopeia was described based on one female and eight males collected in Antioquia, northwest Colombia. In the description Gribodo referred primarily to the female specimen, mentioning the males for comparative purposes. This could be interpreted as the female being the primary type (holotype), although Gribodo did not explicitly indicate it. Apparently Moure (1960) followed the same reasoning, citing the female as the holotype and the males as paratypes. According to the ICZN Article number 74.6 this mention can be treated as a valid lectotype designation. The specimen has the following data label: [light green label with green rim] Coll. Gribodo [printed in green] Antioquia [handwritten] D [printed in green]\ Centris deiopeia ♀ typus Grib. D. Gribodo [handwritten] ( MSNG). Paralectotype male with the following data label: [light green label with green rim] Coll. Gribodo [printed in green] Antioquia [handwritten] D [printed in green]\ Centris deiopeia ♀ typus Grib. D. Gribodo [handwritten] ( MSNG). According to Penati & Mariotti (2015) only four males of the type series are still present in Gribodo’s collection.

Type locality. Colombia: Antioquia department .

Comments. This is a rare and poorly known species. Nothing is known about its distribution range or bionomy.

Figures

Figures 7-8. Centris deiopeia Gribodo, 1891 (lectotype female). 7. Habitus, frontal view. 8. Habitus, lateral view. Scale: 5 mm.