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Centris aethyctera Snelling 1974

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Centris aethyctera Snelling, 1974

Centris (Centris) aethyctera SNELLING, 1974: 23.

Type data. This species was described based on male and female specimens collected at Hacienda Comelco, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. The holotype was collected by the ecologist Earl Raymond Heithaus (1946‒) on flowers of Caesalpinia eriostachys Benth. (Fabaceae) and is currently housed at LACM. Paratype female with the following data label: 17761 [printed]\ Hacienda COMELCO 24 km. NW Canas, Inter-Am H’wy, Guanacaste Pvnce., Costa Rica. El. 50 m. Coll.: E. R. Heithaus [printed]\ On flowers of: Caesalpinia eriostachys Benth. Coll. No. 505 14-II-72 0730-0930 [printed]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris (C.) aethyctera ♀ R. R. SNELLING 197 [printed] 4 [handwritten] (ZMB). Paratype female with the following data label: 17762 [printed]\ Hacienda COMELCO 24 km. NW Canas, Inter-Am H’wy, Guanacaste Pvnce., Costa Rica. El. 50 m. Coll.: E. R. Heithaus [printed]\ On flowers of: Caesalpinia eriostachys Benth. Coll. No. 505 14-II-72 0730-0930 [printed]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris (C.) aethyctera ♀ R. R. SNELLING 197 [printed] 4 [handwritten] (NMNH). Paratype male with the following data label: 17781 [printed]\ Hacienda COMELCO 24 km. NW Canas, Inter-Am H’wy, Guanacaste Pvnce., Costa Rica. El. 50 m. Coll.: E. R. Heithaus [printed]\ On flowers of: Caesalpinia eriostachys Benth. Coll. No. 505 14-II-72 0730-0930 [printed]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris (C.) aethyctera ♀ R. R. SNELLING 197 [printed] 4 [handwritten] (NMNH). Paratype male with the following data label: 18192 [printed]\ Hacienda COMELCO 24 km. NW Canas, Inter-Am H’wy, Guanacaste Pvnce., Costa Rica. El. 50 m. Coll.: E. R. Heithaus [printed]\ On flowers of: [printed] Caesalpinia [handwritten] Coll. No. [printed] 505 16-II-72 0730 [handwritten]\ [yellow label] PARATYPE Centris (C.) aethyctera ♂ R. R. SNELLING 1973 [printed] (ZMB).

Type locality. Costa Rica: Guanacaste Province: Hacienda Comelco.

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 pages 12-13, DOI: 10.1590/1678-4766e2023003, http://zenodo.org/record/10525769

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE5873FFE5402D58A4FBA34EC3FE41

Is part of
Journal article: 10.1590/1678-4766e2023003 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/10525769 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF87200BFFEE40215B09FFB94E3CFFB9 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03BE5873FFE5402D58A4FBA34EC3FE41 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/221281235 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/288369/taxon/03BE5873FFE5402D58A4FBA34EC3FE41.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Snelling
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Apidae
Genus
Centris
Species
aethyctera
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Centris aethyctera Snelling, 1974 sec. Vivallo, 2023

References

  • SNELLING, R. R. 1974. Notes on the distribution and taxonomy of some North American Centris (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History 259: 1 - 41.