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Centris quartinae Gribodo 1891

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Centris quartinae Gribodo, 1891

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Centris quartinae Gribodo, 1891: 110, 111. Junior synonym of C. obsoleta Lepeletier, 1841 (Moure et al. 2007).

Type data. This species was described based on four females collected in Mérida, northwest Venezuela. Moure (1960) cited a holotype and paratype housed at MSNG, providing a redescription of the former specimen. According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN henceforth) Article number 74.6 this mention can be treated as a valid lectotype designation. The specimen has the following data label: [light green label with green rim] Coll. Gribodo [printed in green] Merida [printed] D [printed in green]\ Centris quartinae Grib ♀ Tipo D. Gribodo [handwritten] (MSNG). The paralectotype has the following data label: [light green label with green rim] Coll. Gribodo [printed in green] Merida [printed] D [printed in green] (MSNG). The current condition and depository of the remaining paralectotypes is unknown.

Type locality. Venezuela: Mérida state.

Comments. Gribodo (1891) named this species in homage to his late wife. According to Penati & Mariotti (2015) only three of the four females of the type series are present in Gribodo’s collection. Friese (1901) suspected about the synonymy between C. obsoleta and C. quartinae based on specimens identified by Gribodo. In 1960, Moure considered both as valid species, but Moure et al. (2007) cited C. quartinae as junior synonym of C. obsoleta. Photographs of both sexes of this species can be found in Vivallo & Zanella (2012).

Notes

Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, The species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae) described by Giovanni Gribodo, pp. 51-59 in Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 46 (1) on pages 54-55, DOI: 10.35249/rche.46.1.20.07, http://zenodo.org/record/10950056

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Biodiversity

Collection code
MSNG
Scientific name authorship
Gribodo
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Apidae
Genus
Centris
Species
quartinae
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , lectotype , paralectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Centris quartinae Gribodo, 1891 sec. Vivallo, 2020

References

  • Gribodo, G. (1891) Contribuzioni Imenotterogiche sopra algune specie nouve o pouco conosciute di Imenotteri Antofili (generi Ctenoplectra, Xylocopa, Centris, Psithyrus, Trigona e Bombus). Bulletino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 23: 102 - 119.
  • Lepeletier, A. L. M. (1841) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hymenopteres. Paris: Roret Vol. 2 680 pp.
  • Moure, J. S. (1960) Abelhas da regiao neotropical descritas por G. Gribodo (Hymenoptera- Apoidea). Boletim da Universidade do Parana, Zoologia, 1 (1): 1 - 18.
  • Penati, F. and Mariotti, A. (2015) Catalog of Hymenoptera described by Giovanni Gribodo (1846 - 1924) (Insecta). Zootaxa, 3929 (1): 001 - 183.
  • Friese, H. (1901) Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat). Annalen des K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums (Wien), 15: 237 - 350. [" 1900 "]
  • Vivallo, F. and Zanella, F. C. V. (2012) A new species of Centris (Paracentris) Cameron, 1903 from northeastern Brazil, with a key for the Centris species of the Caatinga region (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Zootaxa, 3298: 1 - 16.