Centris lateritia Friese, 1899

Centris lateritia Friese, 1899: 41, 42.

This species was described based on two females collected in an undetermined locality in Bahia State, northeastern Brazil. Both syntypes are currently housed at ZMB and the one in better condition is here designated the lectotype. The chosen specimen has the following data label: 1649 Bahia [handwritten]\ Centris lateritia n. sp. ♀ [handwrit-ten] det. Friese 1898 [printed]\ Zool. Mus. Berlin [printed with blue ink]\ [red label] Lectotypus [printed]\ [White label with red lateral margins] LECTOTYPE [printed] Centris lateritia Friese, 1899 [handwritten] desig. Melo, 2016 [printed]\ http://coll.mfn-berlin.de/u/ 58fa2e QR code [printed] (ZMB). Paralectotype female with the following data label: 1649 Bahia [handwritten]\ Centris lateritia n. sp. ♀ [handwritten] det. Friese 1898 [printed]\ [Zool. Mus. Berlin [printed with blue ink]\ [White label with yellow lateral margins] PARALECTOTYPE [printed] Centris lateritia Friese, 1899 [handwritten] desig. Melo, 2015 [printed] (ZMB).

Type locality: Brazil: Bahia state .

Comments: This species is only known from female specimens. It was correctly interpreted by Moure et al. (2007).