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Centris (Centris) nitens Lepeletier, 1841
Centris nitens Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [163] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Goiás.

Centris dominiquella Dominique, J. (1898). Coup d'oeil sur les melliféres sud-américains du Muséum de Nantes. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 8 (1): 57-65 [59] .
Type data: lectotype MHNN <F>.
Subsequent designation: Rasmussen, C., Mahé, G. & Hinojosa-Díaz, A. (2007). Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae). Zootaxa 1423: 59-62 [61] .
Type locality: French Guiana, Maroni river.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amapá [Calçoene, Macapá], Bahia [Salvador], Mato Grosso do Sul [Ivinhema], Minas Gerais [Ipanema, Lagoa Santa, Uberlândia], Paraná [Campo Mourão], São Paulo [Batatais, Corumbataí, Jundiaí]), French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay

References

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