Centris petreae rufopicta Cockerell, 1949

Centris (Melanocentris) petreae rufopicta Cockerell, 1949: 475–476 .

Junior synonym of C. (Heterocentris) analis (Michener 1954; Moure 1960).

Type data

Cockerell (1949) described this subspecies based on a single male specimen collected by Rua Williams on January 11 at Zamorano, Honduras, apparently along with the type specimen of C. petreae . The head of the type is detached and stored in a pinned plastic recipient. The specimen is housed at NMNH and has the following data label: [?]\ Zamorano Honduras Jan. 11 Rua Williams [handwritten]\ Centris petreae rufopicta Ckll Type [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No [printed] 58882 [handwritten] USNM [printed].

Type locality

Honduras: Francisco Morazán Department: Zamorano.

Comment

Taxonomic decision for synonymy: Michener (1954) proposed C. durantae, C. petreae, C. petreae rufopicta and C. otomita Cresson, 1879 as junior synonyms of C. totonaca Cresson, 1879 . Subsequently, Moure (1960) synonymized the latter species and C. minuta Mocsáry, 1899 with C. analis .