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Centris (Melanocentris) modesta Smith, 1854

Centris modesta Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [371] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.908 <M>.
Type locality: Brazil.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil

References

Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [306] (Catalog (as Centris modesta))
Friese, H. (1900). Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 15 (3-4): 237-350 [242, 298] (Catalog, distribution, taxonomy, transcription of original description (as Centris (Melanocentris) modesta))
Smith, F. (1874). A revision of the genera Epicharis, Centris, Eulema and Euglossa, belonging to the family Apidae, section Scopulipedes. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 13: 357-373 [360] (Distribution record, uncertain identity as Centris modesta)
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 [162] (Taxonomy, note on type material, as Centris (Melanocentris) modesta)

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