Centris lilacina Cockerell, 1919

Fig. 1

Centris lilacina Cockerell, 1919: 191–192 .

Type data

This species was described based on a single female specimen collected by the English traveler, naturalist, ornithologist and entomologist William Frederick Henry Rosenberg (1868–1957) who made collecting trips to northern South America (Günter 1912). The holotype (Fig. 1) is housed at the NMNH under the number 21656 and has the following data label: Palcazu Peru [printed]\ Collection Rosenberg\ Centris lilacina Ckll type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No. [printed] 21656 [handwritten] U.S. N.M.

[printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534201 [barcode]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed].

Type locality

Peru: Pasco department: Palcazú.

Comments

This species was correctly interpreted by Moure (2002) and Moure et al. (2007). Erroneously, Moure (2002) considered the specimen housed at NMNH a syntype.