Centris heterodonta Cockerell, 1912

Centris (Ptilotopus) heterodonta Cockerell, 1912a: 43–44 .

New junior synonym of C. (Trachina) dentata Smith, 1854 .

Type data

As for Centris bakeri, the female specimen studied by Cockerell to describe this species was collected by William Mann and Fred Baker in Rio Madeira, Rondônia State, northern Brazil. The holotype is currently housed at AMNH and has the following data label: Porto Velho, Rio Madeirrazil Mann & Baker. [printed]\ Centris heterodonta Ckll. Type. [handwritten]\ ac33337 [handwritten]\ AMNH _IZC 00323437 [data matrix] [printed].

Type locality

Brazil: Rondônia State: Rio Madeira.

Comments

The study of the type specimens of C. dentata and C. heterodonta allows proposing the synonymy between these both species. Despite the distribution range mentioned by Moure et al. (2007), this species occurs only in South America (unpubl. data).