Centris cisnerosi ( Cockerell, 1949 )

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 618, pp. 1-47 : 28-29

Centris cisnerosi ( Cockerell, 1949) nom. rev.

Fig. 21

Epicharis cisnerosi Cockerell, 1949: 480 .

Type data

This species was described based on a single female specimen collected by Geraldo Cisneros on November 2, at Zamorano, central Honduras, foraging on Crotalaria L. sp. ( Fabaceae ). The type specimen ( Fig. 21 ) is currently housed at NMNH under the number 58889 and has the following data label: Zamorano Honduras at Crotalaria Nov. 2. (Cisneros) [handwritten]\ 81 [handwritten]\ Epicharis cisnerosi Ckll Type. [handwritten]\ Centris cisnerosi (Ckll) [handwritten] Det. J. S. Moure 19 [printed] 57 [handwritten]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534191 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed].

Type locality

Honduras: Francisco Morazán Department: Zamorano.

Comments

This species was proposed as a junior synonym of C. agilis Smith, 1874 by Snelling (1984), but it is actually a different, albeit similar species. Centris cisnerosi has terga 3 and 4 brown (reddish brown in C. agilis ), terga 2 to 4 covered with a light yellow pubescence (brownish in C. agilis ), and the lower half of the clypeus areolate laterally (not areolate in C. agilis ). According to the morphology of the mandible and the basitibial and pygidial plates, C. cisnerosi and C. agilis are related to one of the internal linages of the subgenus C. (Paracentris), not to C. (Aphemisia) as mentioned by Moure et al. (2007). No information about the person that caught the type specimen was found, but probably he was a collector who helped Cockerell during his stay in Honduras (Jesus Orozco, pers. comm.).

Figures

Fig. 21. Epicharis cisnerosi Cockerell, 1949, holotype, ♀ (NMNH; USNM ENT 00534191). A. Frontal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.