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Centris (Melanocentris) insignis Smith, 1854

Centris insignis Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [375] .
Type data: holotype OUM <F>.
Type locality: Colombia.

Centris zonalis 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.

Centris insignis scutellaris Friese, H. (1899). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Epicharis Klug und Centris Fabr. Termeszetr. Fuz. 23: 39-48 [42] (Name proposed originally as Centris insignis var. scutellaris) .
Type data: holotype ZMB <M>.
Type locality: Colombia, Boyacá, Muzo.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Colombia, French Guiana

References

Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [305]
Friese, H. (1899). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Epicharis Klug und Centris Fabr. Termeszetr. Fuz. 23: 39-48 [42] (Cited (as Centris insignis))
Friese, H. (1900). Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 15 (3-4): 237-350 [242, 248, 270, 278, 279] (Catalog, key, distribution, cited, taxonomy, transcription of original description, descriptive note (as Centris (Melanocentris) insignis))
Michener, C. D. (1951). Subgeneric groups of Hemisia (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 24 (1): 1-11 [10] (Taxonomy, list (as Hemisia (Melanocentris) insignis))
Moure, J. S. (1950). Alguns agrupamentos novos de abelhas neotropicais (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (6): 385-394 [389] (List (as Centris (Melanocentris) insignis))
Moure, J. S. & Seabra, C. A. C. (1960). Sôbre a identidade de algumas espécies de Centris (Hymenoptera - Apoidea). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 9: 109-117 [116] (Descriptive note (as Centris (Melanocentris) insignis))
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] (Taxonomy, lectotype designation for Centris zonalis (as C. (Melacentris) insignis))
Vivallo, F. (2020). Lectotype designations taxonomic notes and new synonymies in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Frederick Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Zootaxa 4729: 151-176 [161] (Note on type material of Centris insignis and C. insignis scutellaris, partim as Centris (Melanocentris) laticincta)

How to cite this page
J. S. Moure & G. A. R. Melo, 2023. Centridini Cockerell & Cockerell, 1901. In Moure, J. S., Urban, D. & Melo, G. A. R. (Orgs). Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region - online version. Available at https://www.moure.cria.org.br/catalogue. Accessed Sep/16/2024

Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023