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Centris (Melanocentris) obsoleta Lepeletier, 1841
Centris obsoleta Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [153] .
Type data: lectotype OUM <F> , paralectotype OUM <F>.
Subsequent designation: 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 [32] .
Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne.

Centris pectoralis Burmeister, H. (1876). Hymenopterologische Mittheilungen. Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 37: 151-183 [161] .
Type data: holotype MACN <F>.
Type locality: Argentina, Corrientes, Río Guayquiraró.

Centris quartinae Gribodo, G. (1891). Contribuzioni imenotterologiche. Sopra alcune specie nuove o poco conosciute di imenotteri antofili (generi Ctenoplectra, Xylocopa, Centris, Psithyrus, Trigona, e Bombus). Nota III. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 23: 102-119 [110] .
Type data: lectotype MCG <F>.
Subsequent designation: Moure, J. S. (1960). Abelhas da região neotropical descritas por G. Gribodo (Hymenoptera-Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Fed. Parana, Zool. 1 (1): 1-18 [9] .
Type locality: Venezuela, Mérida.

Centris (Melanocentris) obsoleta pleuralis Friese, H. (1900). Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 15 (3-4): 237-350 [272] .
Type data: lectotype HNHM <F>.
Subsequent designation: Rasmussen, C. & Vivallo, F. (2014). Lectotype designations and new synonymies in the Neotropical bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Zootaxa 3856 (4): 585-594 [590] .
Type locality: Brazil, Piauí.

Centris (Melanocentris) furcata friesei Schrottky, C. (1902). Hymenopteres noveaux de l'Amerique Meridionale. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 7: 309-315 [312] (Name proposed originally as Centris (Melanocentris) furcata var. friesei) .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo.

Hemisia pectoralis clypeata Schrottky, C. (1908). Die bisher aus Paraguay bekannten Arten der Bienengattungen Epicharis und Hemisia. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 8: 138-143 [142] (junior secondary homonym of Centris clypeata Lepeletier, 1841) .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <M>.
Type locality: Paraguay, Asunción.

Hemisia pectoralis flava Schrottky, C. (1908). Die bisher aus Paraguay bekannten Arten der Bienengattungen Epicharis und Hemisia. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 8: 138-143 [142] .
Type data: holotype ZMB <M>.
Type locality: Paraguay, Asunción.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Argentina (Corrientes), Brazil (Amazonas, Ceará [Baturité, Caridade, Cruz, Maranguape, Piquet Carneiro, Quixadá, Sobral], Maranhão [Barreirinhas], Mato Grosso [Campo Novo Do Parecis], Mato Grosso do Sul [Ivinhema], Pará [Almeirim, Prainha, Santarém, Óbidos], Rio Grande do Sul [Viamão], São Paulo [Rio Claro]), French Guiana, Paraguay, Venezuela (Mérida)

References

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