Centris caurensis Cockerell, 1919

Fig. 18

Centris fusciventris caurensis Cockerell, 1919: 189 .

Type data

This species was described based on a single male specimen collected by the American ornithologist and entomologist Melbourne Armstrong Carriker (1879–1965). He traveled extensively throughout South

America and collected specimens for some of the most renowned American museums of natural history, like the AMNH, the NMNH and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The specimens studied by Cockerell were collected during a trip to Venezuela between 1909 and 1910 (Smithsonian Institution Archives 2019). The holotype (Fig. 18) is currently housed at NMNH and has the following data label: Rio Mato Caura Dist Venez [printed] X.09 [handwritten]\ MACarriker collector [printed]\ Centris fusciventris var. caurensis Ckll. Type [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No [printed] 21653 [handwritten] U.S. N.M. [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534189 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed].

Type locality

Venezuela: Bolívar State: Rio Mato (“Caura district, Rio Mato”).