Centris (Hemisiella) nigrescens Lepeletier, 1841
Centris nigrescens
Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [166] .
Type data: holotype OUM <M>.
Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne.
Centris merrillae
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [191] .
Type data: holotype USNM 21655 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus.
Centris lanipes ogilviei
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1936). Descriptions and records of bees - CLVIII. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 18: 631-632 [632] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.920 <F>.
Type locality: Guyana.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Vivallo, F. (2019). Lectotype designations, taxonomic notes and new synonymies in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Amédée Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Zootaxa 4624: 23-40 [28]
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amazonas [Manaus]), Colombia (Amazonas, Chocó, Meta), Guyana
References
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 1-175 [143] (Cited, comparative note (as Centris (Hemisiella) merillae))
Vivallo, F. (2019). Lectotype designations, taxonomic notes and new synonymies in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Amédée Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Zootaxa 4624: 23-40 [28] (Taxonomy, note on type material of Centris nigrescens, C. merrillae and C. lanipes ogilviei (as Centris (Hemisiella) nigrescens))
Vivallo, F. (2020). The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Eur. J. Entomol. 618: 1-47 [16, 17] (Note on the type material of Centris lanipes ogilviei andCentris merrillae)
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023