Centris (Centris) pulchra Moure, Oliveira & Viana, 2003

Mahlmann, Thiago & Oliveira, Favizia Freitas de, 2012, A new species of Centris (Centris) (Fabricius) from northeastern Brazil, with taxonomic notes on C. (C.) pulchra Moure, Oliveira & Viana (Hymenoptera, Apidae), ZooKeys 255, pp. 49-65 : 57-59

Centris (Centris) pulchra Moure, Oliveira & Viana, 2003 Figures 13 –1823– 26

Centris (Centris) pulchra Moure, Oliveira & Viana, 2003 [partim]; Rocha-Filho et al. 2009: 301 [parasitism record, in error]; Pigozzo and Viana 2010: 105, 109 [floral record]; Vivallo and Zanella 2012: 5, 7, 9, 11, 12 [key, partim]; Moure et al. 2012 [catalogue].

Centris (Paremisia) pulchra ; Viana 1999: 638 [checklist, nomen nudum]; Viana and Santos 2002: 147 [nomen nudum, partim]; Viana and Kleinert 2005: 7 [checklist, partim]; Viana and Kleinert 2006: 58 [floral records, partim]; Rodarte et al. 2008: 307 [floral records].

Remarks.

One female specimen originally designated by Moure et al. (2003) as paratype of Centris pulchra is actually an individual of the species described above as Centris byrsonimae sp. n.and is selected as a paratype of that species ( Parátipo ♀ // Brasil, Bahia, Salvador, Abaeté, 05.xi.1996, 11:15hs, B.F. Viana Leg. // Coletada na flor: Byrsonima teopteridifolia Juss, Planta Nº 1 // Abaeté, SSa, Ba, 5.xi.1996, N, pl:01, 11:15 // 21 // 2330 // Paratype ♀, Centris pulchra Moure, Oliveira & Viana, 2003). For this female paratype a mistake was made in reporting the identification of the host plant in the original description. The plant identification was subsequently corrected by the specialist who first identified the botanical species considered presently as Byrsonima microphylla A.Juss. (F.O. da Silva and B.F Viana 2012, pers. comm.). Moure et al. (2003) listed six male paratypes, probably a typographic mistake due the fact that one specimen with the label ( Parátipo // Brasil, Bahia, Salvador, Abaeté, 11.ix.1996, 13:35hs, B.F. Viana Leg. // Coletada na flor: Waltheria cinerescens St. Hil, Planta Nº 22 // Abaeté, SSa, Ba, 11.ix.1996, N, pl:22, 13:35 // 21, ♂ // 2319 // Paratype ♂, Centris pulchra Moure, Oliveira & Viana, 2003) is a male, giving a total of 22♀♀ and 7♂♂ paratypes for Centris pulchra in MZUFBA. Two other typographic mistakes were observed about the labels as recorded in the original description of Centris pulchra . The data for these two paratypes are corrected here: ( Parátipo // Brasil, Bahia, Salvador, Abaeté, 01.ix.1996, 12:20hs, B.F. Viana Leg. // Coletada na flor: Eriope blanchetii (Benth) Harley, Planta Nº 10 // Abaeté, SSa, Ba, 01.ix.1996, N, pl:10, 12:20 // 21 // 2328 // Paratype ♀, Centris pulchra Moure, Oliveira & Viana, 2003) and ( Parátipo // Brasil, Bahia, Salvador, Abaeté, 13.iv.1996, 14:20hs, B.F. Viana Leg. // Coletada na flor: Cuphea branchiata Koehne, Planta Nº 3 // Abaeté, SSa, Ba, 13.iv.1996, N, pl:03, 14:20 // 21, ♂ // 2317 // Paratype ♂, Centris pulchra Moure, Oliveira & Viana, 2003).

Diagnosis.

Total body length 13.9. Integument brown-blackish, except legs and metasoma ferruginous; metallic blue highlights on T2 - T5, mostly marked on T5 (Fig. 17); distal edge of terga with a band of whitish setae; most part of basal area of T2-T4 with black bristles. Inner surface of probasitarsus with combs for collecting floral oil, on distal half of posterior margin, with setae unmodified (Fig. 16). Male geni talia with pubescence relatively spaced, apical projection of gonocoxite with a fringe of short, unbranched bristles, about 1/2 length of projection itself (23-25).

Male S7, S8 and genitalia as in figures 23-26: S7 notably wider than long, approximately 1/5 of length of S8; edge of S7 strongly angular, forming two distinct lobes, these covered with erect bristles; median projection of S8 with a strong median strangulation, apical 1/3 enlarged; dorsal surface of S8 covered by erect bristles, apical 1/3 covered by longer branched bristles curved laterally, apex with shorter simple erect bristles. Dorsal surface of gonocoxite with a large basal edge strongly keeled, internal border covered by short dense pilosity; apical projection of gonocoxite relatively short, its apex distant from gonostylus apex and covered internally by a fringe of simple setae shorter than projection; gonostylus covered by short bristles sparsely distributed (Figures 23-25).

Floral records.

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