Centris calloxantha Cockerell, 1919

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 : 41-42

Centris calloxantha Cockerell, 1919

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Centris calloxantha Cockerell, 1919: 187 .

Junior synonym of C. (Xanthemisia) bicolor Lepeletier, 1841 ( Moure et al. 2007).

Type data

Cockerell (1919) did not specify how many males he studied to describe this species. According to the labels of the type specimen housed at NMNH, it was based on a single specimen collected by William Rosenberg in Chanchamayo, Peru. The holotype ( Fig. 30 ) has the following data label: Chauchamayo Peru [printed]\ From WFH Rosenberg [printed]\ Centris calloxantha Ckll. Type. [handwritten]\ [red label] Type No. [printed] 21649 [handwritten] U.S. N.M. [printed]\ [yellow label] USNM ENT 00534187 [barcode] [printed]\\ DO NOT REMOVE SI DB Reference Not a property tag T. Schultz NMNH [printed].

Type locality

Peru: Junín Department: Chanchamayo (“Chauchamayo”).

Comment

The species described by Cockerell only differs from normal males of C. bicolor by the presence of dark brown hairs on the mesoscutum.

Figures

Fig. 30. Centris calloxantha Cockerell, 1919, holotype, ♂ (NMNH; USNM ENT 00534187). A. Frontal view. B. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B = 2 mm.