Centris (Ptilotopus) sponsa Smith, 1854

Centris sponsa Smith, 1854 . 374.

Type data: Smith (1854) described this species based on an undetermined number of females. Moure & Seabra (1962) mentioned that the type of this species was housed at NHMUK, providing information on the data label of provenance. Moure & Seabra’s interpretation can be treated as a valid lectotype designation, according to ICZN (1999) Article number 74.6. The specimen has the following data label: sponsa . Sm Columb. [handwritten]\ Colum [handwritten]\ [black-rimmed label] Holotype [printed] Centris sponsa Sm [handwritten] J. S. Moure [printed] 1957 [handwritten]\ Named as Centris sponsa Smith 1854 in W.W. Saunders colln. OX. UNI.MUS.NAT. HIST. (OUMNH). [printed].

Type locality: Colombia .

Comments: According to the original description and the information on the label, the lectotype specimen was collected in Colombia, but this species has never been recorded in northern South America (Vélez & Vivallo, 2018). Centris sponsa occurs in northeastern and southeastern Brazil (Silveira et al., 2002), so is very likely that the lectotype was mislabeled (as well as in C. maculifrons, see above) thus incorrectly recorded in Colombia. The type locality cannot be further narrowed down than to Colombia.