Centris (Anisoctenodes) thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, The species of the bee genus Centris of the “ hyptidis group ” revisited with the description of Centris (Anisoctenodes) new subgenus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini), European Journal of Taxonomy 709, pp. 1-17 : 11

Centris (Anisoctenodes) thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009

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Centris thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009: 40–41 .

Material examined

Holotype

BRAZIL • ♀; “[white label] Brazil , Goiás, 24 km NE of Teresina de Goiás, 13°34’53”S 47°11’7”W, 450m, 05.iv.2003, Melo, Aguiar, Marchi and Gonçalves [printed] em Angelonia [handwritten]\ [red label] HOLOTYPE Centris thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009 [printed]”; DZUP.

Paratypes

BRAZIL • 1 ♂; “[white label] Brazil , Goiás, 24 km NE of Teresina de Goiás, 13°34’53”S 47°11’7”W, 450m, 05.iv.2003, Melo, Aguiar, Marchi and Gonçalves em Angelonia [handwritten]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009 [printed]”; DZUP • 1 ♂; “[white label] Brazil , Goiás, 24 km NE of Teresina de Goiás, 13°34’53”S 47°11’7”W, 450m, 05.iv.2003, Melo, Aguiar, Marchi and Gonçalves em Angelonia [handwritten]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009 [printed]”; DZUP † • 1 ♀; “[white label] Brazil , Goiás, 24 km NE of Teresina de Goiás, 13°34’53”S 47°11’7”W, 450m, 05.iv.2003, Melo, Aguiar, Marchi and Gonçalves em Angelonia [handwritten]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009 [printed]”; DZUP • 1 ♀; “[white label] Brazil , Goiás, 24 km NE of Teresina de Goiás, 13°34’53”S 47°11’7”W, 450m, 05.iv.2003, Melo, Aguiar, Marchi and Gonçalves em Angelonia [handwritten]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009 [printed]”; DZUP †.

Distribution

This species occurs exclusively in Brazil, with distribution records in Teresina de Goiás (Goiás state) ( Vivallo & Melo 2009; Martins et al. 2013) ( Fig. 7 ).

Figures

Fig. 2. Trochanter of female fore leg (ZMB †). A. Centris anisitsi (Schrottky, 1908), Paraguay, San Bernardino (LPBC †). B. C. hyptidis Ducke, 1908, Brazil, Vitória da Conquista (MNRJ †). C. C. hyptidoides Roig-Alsina, 2000, Paraguay, San Pedro Cororo (MNRJ †). D. C. thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009, Brazil, Teresina de Goiás (DZUP †). Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Fig. 3. Elaiospathe of female fore leg. A. Centris anisitsi (Schrottky, 1908), Paraguay, San Bernardino (ZMB †). B. C. hyptidis Ducke, 1908, Brazil, Vitória da Conquista (MNRJ †). C.C. hyptidoides Roig- Alsina, 2000, Paraguay, San Pedro Cororo (LPBC †). D. C. thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009, Brazil, Teresina de Goiás (DZUP †). Scale bars: 0.2 mm.

Fig. 6. Centris thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009, paratypes. A–B. ♀, Brazil, Teresina de Goiás (DZUP †). C–D. ♂, Brazil, Teresina de Goiás (DZUP †). A, C. Frontal view. B, D. Habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Fig. 7. Distribution map of the species of Centris (Anisoctenodes) subgen. nov.