Centris proxima Friese, 1899

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, Species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Heinrich Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 4820 (2), pp. 231-259 : 253-254

Centris proxima Friese, 1899

Centris proxima Friese, 1899: 45 .

Type data: Friese (1899) described this species using male and female specimens collected in different states of Brazil. The lectotype was designated by Rasmussen & Vivallo (2014), it is currently housed at HNHM and has the following data label: Brasil Jundiahy [printed] 16.II. [handwritten with red ink] 1899 Schrottky [printed]\ Centris proxima Fr. ♂ Type! [handwritten] 1900 Friese det. [printed]\ [red label] Lectotype Centris proxima Friese, 1899 Design. Rasmussen & Vivallo [printed] ( HNHM). The current condition and depository of the paralectotypes are unknown.

Type locality: Brazil: São Paulo state: Jundiaí (“Jundiahy”) .

Comment: In the collection of the Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany (DEI) it was found a male also collected by Schrottky in the same locality of the lectotype. This male is conspecific with C. proxima , but Friese failed in recognize it as such, identifying as C. bimaculata Lepeletier, 1841 . The specimen has the following data label: Brasil Jundiahy [printed] 9.11 [handwritten] 1899 Schrottky [printed]\ Centris bimaculata Lep. ♂ [handwritten] 1900 Friese det. [printed]\ [yellow label] Dauerleihe Mus. Annaberg [printed]\ [white label] ex coll. LANGE unter Centris bimaculata [printed]\ [light green label] DEI Müncheberg Hym - 00098 [printed]\ [white label] Centris (Trachina) proxima Friese, 1899 F. Vivallo det, 2014 [printed] (DEI).