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Centris zacateca Snelling 1966

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Centris zacateca Snelling, 1966

Centris (Paracentris) zacateca SNELLING, 1966: 11.

Type data. SNELLING (1966) proposed this species using male and female specimens collected by Ralph Straw near Piños, Mexico on flowers of Penstemon tenuifolius Benth (Scrophulariaceae). The holotype male is currently housed at LACM.

Type locality. Mexico: Zacatecas State: 32 miles W of Piños, 7100 feet.

Notes

Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2023, Taxonomic notes on the primary types of some species of Centris bees described by some entomologists from the Americas (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 1-18 in Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2023003) (e 2023003) 113 on page 16, DOI: 10.1590/1678-4766e2023003, http://zenodo.org/record/10525769

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Snelling
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Apidae
Genus
Centris
Species
zacateca
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Centris zacateca Snelling, 1966 sec. Vivallo, 2023

References

  • SNELLING, R. R. 1966. The taxonomy and nomenclature of some North American bees of the genus Centris with description of new species (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, LosAngeles County Museum of Natural History 112: 1 - 33.