Centrisdimidiata ( Olivier, 1789 )

Vivallo, Felipe, 2023, The primary types of some species of Centris bees described by European entomologists in the 18 and 20 centuries (Hymenoptera: Apidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 864, pp. 1-27 : 14-15

Centrisdimidiata ( Olivier, 1789)

Apisdimidiata Olivier, 1789: 64.

Type data

Olivier described this species based on an undetermined number of females collected in French Guiana. The material studied by him is currently lost; therefore Vivallo (2016) designated a neotype in order to resolve taxonomic issues related to a couple of species that were proposed as junior synonyms. Unfortunately, the neotype female was subsequently destroyed. It had the following data label: HYMNRJ 000312 [printed]\ [black-rimmed white yellowish label] COLEÇÃO CAMPOS SEABRA [printed]\ [black-rimmed white yellowish label] PORTO VELHO Guaporé BRASIL XI-1954 M. Alvarenga, Dente, Pereira e Werner [printed]\ [red label] Neotype Apisdimidiata Olivier, 1789 F. Vivallo des., 2016 [printed] (MNRJ†).

Type localities

Original type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne. Neotype locality: Brazil, Rondônia State, Porto Velho.

Jean Pérez

Jean Pérez (1833‒1914) was a French zoologist and entomologist. He worked as professor of zoology at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Bordeaux, France, and was honorary member of the Société

entomologique de France ( Anonymous 1916). During his professional career, he focused on the study of solitary and social bees. Pérez passed away in France, aged 80.

Pérez’s Centris bees

Pérez published more than 100 articles and notes, two of them containing Centris bees. The first paper was published in 1905 and it contained the description of two new species from Mexico. The second article was published in 1911 and contained the description of a new species from northern Chile.