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Centris ruthannae Snelling 1966

Description

Centris ruthannae Snelling, 1966

Centris (Melanocentris) ruthannae SNELLING, 1966: 28.

Type data. This species was proposed based on male and female specimens collected by the surgeon and former director of Science of the Los Angeles County Museum John Adams Comstock (1883‒1970) at Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona State, United States. The holotype male is currently housed at LACM. Paratype male with the following data label: Baboquivari Canyon W. side Baboquivari Mts. Pima Co.Ariz. 25-27: VII.52 [printed]\ H. B. Leech J. W. Green Collectors [printed]\ PARATYPE printed] Centris (Melanocentris) ruthannae ♂ [handwritten] R. R. Snelling [printed] (CAS).

Type locality. United States: Arizona State: Madera Canyon.

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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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
LACM , R, CAS
Family
Apidae
Genus
Centris
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Snelling
Species
ruthannae
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Centris ruthannae 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.