Centris inermis pallidifrons Cockerell, 1949

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Centris inermis pallidifrons Cockerell, 1949

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Centris inermis pallidifrons Cockerell, 1949: 479 .

Junior synonym of C. (Centris) varia ( Snelling 1966; Moure 1969).

Type data

This subspecies was described based on an apparently large series of males collected by Wilmatte Porter Cockerell and Adan Rivera at Zamorano and Tegucigalpa on flowers of Duranta plumieri Jacq. (Verbenaceae) . Cockerell (1949) mentioned the type specimen was numbered “58887” but in the NMNH, two males with this number were found. One of them bears a label with the word “type” and the other is labeled “cotype”. The holotype ( Fig. 6 ) has the following data label: Zamorano Honduras Feb. 8 [handwritten]\ Mrs. [?] Williams [handwritten]\ 180. [handwritten]\ Centris inermis pallidifrons Ckll type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No [printed] 58887 [handwritten] USNM [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534207 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed]. The male paratype has the following data label: 180 [printed]\ Zamorano Honduras Feb. 2 [handwritten]\ Centris inermis pallidifrons Ckll cotype [handwritten]\ [red label] Paratype No [printed] 58887 [handwritten] USNM [printed]\ C. ( Centris ) i. gualanensis Ckll. [handwritten] Det. J.S. Moure 19 [printed] 57 [handwritten].

Type locality

Honduras: Francisco Morazán Department: Zamorano.

Comment

Snelling (1966) proposed the synonymy between this subspecies and C. inermis gualanensis . Moure (1969) synonymized both subspecies, along with C. robusta , with C. inermis . Later, Roig-Alsina (2000) cited C. inermis in the synonymy of C. varia .

Figures

Fig. 6. Centris inermis pallidifrons Cockerell, 1949, holotype, ♂ (NMNH; USNM ENT 00534207). A. Frontal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.