APIDAE ›› Apinae ›› Centridini

Centris Fabricius, 1804

Remarks

The work entitled “The oil-collecting bees of Centris (Paracentris) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)”, published by F. Vivallo in the form of a book, is not treated here as available since there is no evidence that it complies with Art. 8.1.3 of the ICZN: “it must have been produced in an edition containing simultaneously obtainable copies by a method that assures numerous identical and durable copies”. Therefore, all nomenclatural acts in this work cannot be considered valid.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, México, Nuevo León, Querétaro de Arteaga, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), United States of America (Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas); Neotropical Region: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Corrientes, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán), Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Brazil (Acre [Cruzeiro Do Sul, Senador Guiomard], Amapá [Calçoene, Macapá, Mazagão, Oiapoque, Serra Do Navio], Amazonas [Atalaia Do Norte, Barcelos, Benjamin Constant, Canutama, Coari, Ipixuna, Itacoatiara, Japurá, Manaus, Novo Airão, Santa Isabel Do Rio Negro, Santo Antônio Do Içá, São Gabriel Da Cachoeira, Tabatinga, Tapauá, Tefé, Tonantins], Bahia [Camaçari, Canudos, Carinhanha, Cruz Das Almas, Feira De Santana, Itatim, Mata De São João, Milagres, Monte Santo, Morro Do Chapéu, Mucugê, Palmeiras, Salvador, Vitória Da Conquista, Xique-Xique], Ceará [Barbalha, Baturité, Caridade, Cruz, Fortaleza, Guaramiranga, Horizonte, Maranguape, Pacoti, Piquet Carneiro, Quixadá, Sobral, São Gonçalo Do Amarante], Distrito Federal [Distrito Federal], Espírito Santo [Santa Leopoldina, Santa Teresa], Goiás [Alto Paraíso De Goiás, Anápolis, Aragarças, Bonfinópolis, Goianápolis, Goiás, Goiânia, Leopoldo De Bulhões, Minaçu, Nerópolis, Nova Roma, Senador Canedo, Teresina De Goiás, Terezópolis De Goiás], Maranhão [Alcântara, Barreirinhas, Carutapera, Caxias, Codó, Cururupu, Formosa Da Serra Negra, São Luís, Tutóia, Urbano Santos], Mato Grosso [Campo Novo Do Parecis, Cáceres, Juína, Porto Dos Gaúchos, Sinop, São Félix Do Araguaia, Vila Bela Da Santíssima Trindade], Mato Grosso do Sul [Bodoquena, Bonito, Corumbá, Ivinhema, Miranda, Nioaque, Porto Murtinho], Minas Gerais [Araguari, Barbacena, Belo Horizonte, Bocaiúva, Brasilândia De Minas, Brumadinho, Capitólio, Congonhas, Diamantina, Ingaí, Ipanema, Itacambira, Januária, Lagoa Santa, Lima Duarte, Nova Lima, Poços De Caldas, Sabará, Santana Do Riacho, São Gonçalo Do Rio Preto, Uberlândia, Viçosa], Paraná [Antonina, Campo Mourão, Guarapuava, Matinhos, Palotina, Ponta Grossa, São José Dos Pinhais, Turvo], Paraíba [Guarabira, João Pessoa, Santa Teresinha], Pará [Almeirim, Altamira, Anajás, Belterra, Belém, Chaves, Faro, Itaituba, Marituba, Mocajuba, Oriximiná, Parauapebas, Prainha, Santarém, Tucuruí, Óbidos], Pernambuco [Caetés, Camaragibe, Caruaru, Fernando De Noronha, Paranatama, Paudalho, Pedra, Petrolina, Petrolândia, Venturosa], Piauí [Piripiri], Rio Grande do Norte [Natal, Serra Negra Do Norte], Rio Grande do Sul [Alegrete, Canela, Caçapava Do Sul, Nova Petrópolis, Osório, Planalto, Porto Alegre, Quaraí, Rosário Do Sul, São Leopoldo, Tenente Portela, Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [Duque De Caxias, Nova Friburgo, Rio De Janeiro], Rondônia [Pimenta Bueno, Porto Velho, Vilhena], Roraima [Amajari, Pacaraima], Santa Catarina [Blumenau, Joinville, Seara, São Francisco Do Sul], Sergipe [Itaporanga DAjuda], São Paulo [Batatais, Bauru, Campinas, Campos Do Jordão, Corumbataí, Cubatão, Jundiaí, Juquiá, Luís Antônio, Ribeirão Preto, Rincão, Rio Claro, São Bento Do Sapucaí, São Paulo, São Sebastião, Ubatuba], Tocantins [Esperantina, Lagoa Da Confusão, Porto Nacional]), Cayman Islands, Chile (Antofagasta, Arauco, Arica, Biobío, Chañaral, Choapa, Concepción, Copiapó, El Loa, Elqui, Huasco, Iquique, Limarí, Los Andes, Malleco, Parinacota, Santiago, Valparaíso, Ñuble), Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyaca, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, César, Córdoba, Guainía, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Risaralda, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupés, Vichada), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Puntarenas, San José), Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador (Cañar, Guayas, Napo, Pastaza, Pichincha), El Salvador, French Guiana (Cayenne), Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Sololá), Guyana, Haiti, Honduras (Francisco Morazán), Jamaica, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Léon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama (Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, Coclé, Colón, Panamá, Veraguas), Paraguay (Alto Paraná, Boquerón, Central, Guairá, Itapúa, San Pedro), Peru (Amazonas, Apurímac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cuzco, Huánuco, Junín, Lima, Loreto, Piura, Tacna), Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin & St. Barthelemy, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname (Sipaliwini), Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (Montevideo), Venezuela (Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Mérida, Yaracuy)

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Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023

Available SubGenus

Centris (Acritocentris) Snelling, 1974
Centris (Anisoctenodes) Vivallo, 2020
Centris (Aphemisia) Ayala, 2002
Centris (Centris) (Fabricius, 1804)
Centris (Exallocentris) Snelling, 1974
Centris (Hemisiella) Moure, 1945
Centris (Heterocentris) Cockerell, 1899
Centris (Melanocentris) Friese, 1901
Centris (Paracentris) Cameron, 1903
Centris (Penthemisia) Moure, 1950
Centris (Ptilocentris) Snelling, 1984
Centris (Ptilotopus) Klug, 1810
Centris (Relicthemisia) Vivallo & Zanella, 2021
Centris (Schisthemisia) Ayala, 2002
Centris (Trachina) Klug, 1807
Centris (Trichocentris) Snelling, 1956
Centris (Wagenknechtia) Moure, 1950
Centris (Xanthemisia) Moure, 1945
Centris (Xerocentris) Snelling, 1974

Unplaced Species

Centris angustifrons Snelling, 1966
Centris apache Vivallo, 2020
Centris cisnerosi (Cockerell, 1949)
Centris cockerelli Fox, 1899
Centris ectypha Snelling, 1974
Centris fisheri Snelling, 1974
Centris harbisoni Snelling, 1974
Centris mexicana Smith, 1854
Centris nigrocaerulea Smith, 1874
Centris zacateca Snelling, 1966