Centris chlorura Cockerell, 1919

Fig. 25

Centris chlorura Cockerell, 1919: 188–189 .

Type data

This species was described based on a single female specimen collected in the central highlands of Peru. The holotype (Fig. 25) is housed at NMNH and has the following data label: Piches & Perene Vs 2000-3000ftPeru SocGeogdeLima [printed]\ Centris chlorura Ckll. Type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No. [printed] 21651 [handwritten] U.S. N.M. [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534190 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed].

Type locality

Peru, Junín Department (“Piches and Perene Valleys, 2000–3000 feet ”).

Comment

Centris chlorura has only been recorded from its type locality. Snelling (1984) erroneously proposed this species as a junior synonym of C. festiva Smith, 1854 . This mistake was emended by Moure et al. (2007).