Centris (Heterocentris) bicornuta Mocsáry, 1899

Vivallo, Felipe, 2019, Taxonomic notes, lectotype designations and new synonymies in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Sándor Mocsáry and Heinrich Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 4638 (4), pp. 534-546 : 536-537

Centris (Heterocentris) bicornuta Mocsáry, 1899

Centris bicornuta Mocsáry, 1899 . 254.

Type data: Mocsáry (1899) did not mention how many female specimens he used to describe the species. A single female with original labels was found at HNHM being designated as the lectotype. The specimen has the following data label: Brasilia [printed] Piauchy [handwritten]\ [light greenish square] 82 [handwritten]\ [black-rimmed] 848 100. [handwritten]\ bicornuta mocs [handwritten] det. Friese 1898 [printed]. According to the accession book at HNHM, this specimen was purchased from the insect dealer Eduard Menkl in 1889.

Type locality: Brazil: Piauí state .

Centris ceratocephala Cockerell, 1912 . 45.

Type data: Cockerell (1912) did not mention where the type specimen was deposited. Moure et al. (2007) were unable to locate it but it is in fact at AMNH (examined). The specimen has the following data label: Manaos, Brazil Mann & Baker [printed]\ Centris ceratocephala Ckll Type. [handwritten]\ ac 33337 [handwritten]\ AMNH _IZC 00323435 [datamatrix code] [printed].

Type locality: Brazil: Amazonas state: Manaus .

Comments: The word “Brasilia” on the label of C. bicornuta , as well as in C. fulviventris and C. klugii (see below) refers to the ancient denomination of the country in Latin and not to the current capital of Brazil. Taxonomic decision for synonymy: Moure et al. (2007). This species was correctly interpreted by Moure et al. (2007) and Vélez & Vivallo (2012).