Centris versicolor vincentana Cockerell, 1938

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 : 13-14

Centris versicolor vincentana Cockerell, 1938

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Centris versicolor vincentana Cockerell, 1938: 282–283 .

Junior synonym of C. (Centris) versicolor ( Fabricius, 1775) ( Moure 1960) .

Type data

This subspecies was described based on two males collected by J. Ogilvie at Saint Vincent, Lesser Antilles, on April 12, 1938. In the original description, Cockerell (1938) did not specify which male was the holotype or mentioned any data that could help to recognize it. However, Moure (1960) mentioned the type of this species was numbered 54853. In the NMNH, both specimens cited by Cockerell were found, with the number mentioned by Moure (1960), one bearing a label “type” and the other “cotype”. The holotype ( Fig. 8) has the following data label: St. Vincent 12.4.38 J.O. [handwritten]\ Centris versicolor vincentana Ckll Type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No 54853 [handwritten] USNM [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534218 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed]. The male paratype has the following data label: St. Vincent B.W.I. 12.4.38 (J. Ogilvie) [handwritten]\ Centris versicolor vincentana Ckll cotype [handwritten]\ [red label] Paratype No 54853 [handwritten] USNM [printed]. Both specimens are in good condition.

Type locality

Lesser Antilles: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Saint Vincent Island.