Centris barbadensis Cockerell, 1939

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 : 14-15

Centris barbadensis Cockerell, 1939

Centris barbadensis Cockerell, 1939: 142 .

Type data

This species was described based on an undetermined number of specimens of both sexes collected by J. Ogilvie at Barbados. Cockerell (1939) mentioned that the type of the species was a male.A male specimen belonging to the type series is currently housed at NHMUK and was labeled as type by Cockerell himself. Another male of the type series was found at NMNH and was labeled by Cockerell as cotype. The female specimen mentioned in the original description was not found. The male holotype housed at NHMUK has the following data label: [circular label with red-rimmed margin] Type [printed]\ B.M. TYPE Hym. [printed] 17B.928 [handwritten]\ Centris barbadensis Ckll. Type [handwritten]\ Barbados. 27.4.38. (J. Ogilvie) [handwritten]\ Type in Banks Coll. [printed]. The male paratype housed at NMNH has the following data label: Barbados. 27.4.38. (J. Ogilvie) [handwritten]\ Centris barbadensis Ckll. cotype [handwritten]\ Paratype [printed] 54874 [handwritten] USNM [printed].

Type locality

Lesser Antilles: Barbados.

Comment

Moure et al. (2007) erroneously mentioned that the type series was composed of female syntypes.