Centris rhodopus pulchrior Cockerell, 1900

Fig. 24

Centris rhodopus var. pulchrior Cockerell, 1900: 363 .

Junior synonym of C. (Paracentris) rhodopus (Snelling 1974) .

Type data

This species was described based on a single male specimen collected at Mesilla Park, New Mexico, on June 24. The holotype (Fig. 24) is housed at NMNH and has the following data label: Mesilla Park. June 24. (Ckll) [handwritten]\ C. rhodopus v. pulchrior Ckll Type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No [printed] 5802 [handwritten] U.S. N.M. [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534208 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed].

Type locality

United States: New Mexico State: Mesilla Park.

Comment

Centris rhodopus pulchrior is slightly larger than normal males of C. rhodopus, the hairs on the hind legs are lighter and the whitish bands on the terga are more defined.