Centris pseudoephippia Friese 1899
- Dataset
- Species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Heinrich Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Apidae
- genus
- Centris
- species
- Centris pseudoephippia
discussion
Comment: The holotype is a male of C. ephippium with yellowish pubescence on the dorsal surface of the mesosoma, a very variable character.
materials_examined
Type data: This species was proposed based on a single male collected in Sierra de Parima (“ St. Parime ”), Venezuela. The holotype is housed at AMNH and it has the following data label: Venezuela St. Parime 1897 [printed] \ Centris pseudoephippia Fr. ♂ [handwritten] 1901 Friese det. [printed] \ Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Dept. Invert. Zool. No. [printed] 26074 [handwritten] \ Type [red square, printed] \ AMNH _ IZC 00324046 QR code [printed] (AMNH). Type locality: Venezuela: Amazonas state: Sierra de Parima (“ St. Parime ”).
Name
- Homonyms
- Centris pseudoephippia Friese 1899