Centris (Heterocentris) otomita Cresson, 1879

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Centris (Heterocentris) otomita Cresson, 1879

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Centris otomita CRESSON, 1879b . 7:214. Junior synonym of C. analis (Fabricius, 1804) ( MOURE, 1960) .

Type data. This species was described based on a single male specimen collected in an undetermined locality in Mexico. The holotype is housed at ANSP and it has the following data label: Mex. [printed]\ [red label] HoloTYPE [printed] 2627 [handwritten] ( ANSP).

Type locality. Mexico .

Comments. The holotype was collected by Sumichrast, the same collector of the type specimens of C. montezuma and C. totonaca . MICHENER (1954) proposed C. otomita as a junior synonym of C. totonaca , and subsequently MOURE (1960) synonymized this latter species with C. analis . Males of this species can be identified by the tridentate mandibles with the innermost teeth reduced and close to each other, the yellow spot on the anterior surface of the scape ( Fig. 5 ) and by the mostly blackish pubescence on T 2- T 4 ( Fig. 6 ). This is the most common and widely distributed species of C. (Heterocentris). It has been recorded from Mexico to southeastern Brazil ( MOURE et al., 2007). The type locality of C. otomita cannot be further narrowed down than to Mexico.

Figures

Figs 5, 6. Centris otomita Cresson, 1879, holotype male: 5, head, frontal view; 6, habitus, lateral view.