Centris obsoleta pleuralis Friese, 1901

Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, Species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Heinrich Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Zootaxa 4820 (2), pp. 231-259 : 243

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scientific name	Centris obsoleta pleuralis Friese, 1901
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Centris obsoleta pleuralis Friese, 1901 View in CoL

Centris obsoleta var. pleuralis Friese, 1901: 272 View in CoL . Junior synonym of C. obsoleta Lepeletier, 1841 View in CoL ( Rasmussen & Vivallo 2014).

Type data: Friese (1901) described this species as a variety of C. obsoleta , based on two females collected in Piauí (“Piauchy”) state, northeastern Brazil. Of these specimens only one is currently housed at HNHM and it was designated as the lectotype by Rasmussen & Vivallo (2014). The specimen has the following data label: [black rimmed label] 848 87 [handwritten]\ Piauchy Brasilia [handwritten]\ [light green label] 28. [handwritten]\ C. obsoleta v. pleuralis Mocs. ♀ [handwritten] det. Friese 1898 [printed]\ [red label] Lectotype Centris obsoleta pleuralis Friese, 1901 design. Rasmussen & Vivallo [printed] ( HNHM).

Type locality: Brazil: Piauí state (“Piauchy”) .

Comment: Moure et al. (2007) mentioned erroneously the existence of a holotype of this species.