Centris (Heterocentris) analis ( Fabricius, 1804 )

Rasmussen, Claus & Vivallo, Felipe, 2014, Lectotype designations and new synonymies in the Neotropical bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 3856 (4), pp. 585-594 : 587

Centris (Heterocentris) analis ( Fabricius, 1804)

Anthophora analis Fabricius, 1804: 375

Centris minuta Mocsáry, 1899: 254 [New lectotype designation]. Junior subjective synonymy.

Centris minuta lectotype (♂, Figs 5–8 ): A single male labeled “ Mexico ” [printed], “262 / 376.”, “85” [green label], “ minuta / det. Friese 1898 [printed] / Mocs.” is here designated as the lectotype. An additional male specimen labeled “Säo Paulo / Brasilia [printed]”, “908 / 10.” is designated paralectotype, while a third female specimen from “Piauchy, Brasilia ” is not considered from the type series. The collecting and type locality cannot be further narrowed down than to Mexico, from where it is reported from many states ( Moure et al. 2007). According to the HNHM accession book (entry 262/376) the specimen was collected by Imre (or Emerich) Verebélyi who sent 82 Mexican Hymenoptera specimens to HNHM in 1868 ( Mocsáry 1902). We have been unable to locate the area of Mexico from where Verebélyi collected. The lectotype of C. minuta corresponds to the previously established senior synonymy, C. analis (synonymy proposed in Moure 1960).

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 8. Lectotype (♂) Centris minuta Mocsáry, 1899 (= Centris (Heterocentris) analis (Fabricius, 1804): Fig. 5. Head, frontal view; Fig. 6. Habitus, lateral view; Fig. 7. Habitus, dorsal view; Fig. 8. Wing venation.