Centris hoffmanseggiae Cockerell, 1897

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 : 30-31

Centris hoffmanseggiae Cockerell, 1897

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Centris hoffmanseggiae Cockerell, 1897a: 395–397 .

Type data

On May 18, 1896, at Mesilla Valley, Cockerell collected, on flowers of Caesalpinia falcaria , one male and seven females that were used to describe this species. The male of the type series is currently housed at NMNH and was designated by Fox (1899) as the lectotype. The specimen ( Fig. 22 ) has the following data label: Las Cruces Nm [printed]\ on Caesalpinia falcaria . May 18. (Ckll) [handwritten]\ C. hoffmanseggiae Type. ♂ [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No [printed] 3148 [handwritten] USNM [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534200 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed]. The females cited by Cockerell were not found during this research.

Type locality

United States: New Mexico State: Las Cruces. Cockerell (1897a) mentioned that the type series was collected at “College Farm” in Mesilla Valley. Contrary to this information, the male studied by him bears a label of provenance of Las Cruces.

Figures

Fig. 22. Centris hoffmanseggiae Cockerell, 1897, lectotype, ♂ (NMNH; USNM ENT 00534200). A. Frontal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.