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Centris (Melanocentris) Friese, 1901
Melanocentris Friese, H. (1900). Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 15 (3-4): 237-350 [246] (Proposed as Centris (Melanocentris)) .
Subsequent designation: Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [569] .
Type species: Centris (Melanocentris) atra Friese, 1900 by subsequent designation, see Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [569] .

Melacentris Moure, J. S. (1996). Reestudo de alguns tipos de abelhas neotropicais descritos por Friese e conservados no Museu de Berlim (Apoidea, Colletidae, Anthophoridae). Rev. Bras. Zool. 12 (4): 939-952 [947] (Proposed as Centris (Melacentris)) .
Type species: Centris dorsata Lepeletier, 1841 by original designation.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Sinaloa); Neotropical Region: Argentina (Corrientes), Bolivia (Cochabamba), Brazil (Acre [Cruzeiro Do Sul], Amapá [Macapá, Serra Do Navio], Amazonas [Atalaia Do Norte, Barcelos, Benjamin Constant, Canutama, Coari, Ipixuna, Itacoatiara, Manaus, Novo Airão, Santa Isabel Do Rio Negro, Santo Antônio Do Içá, São Gabriel Da Cachoeira, Tabatinga, Tapauá, Tefé], Bahia, Ceará [Baturité, Caridade, Cruz, Maranguape, Piquet Carneiro, Quixadá, Sobral], Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo [Santa Leopoldina, Santa Teresa], Goiás [Aragarças, Minaçu], Maranhão [Barreirinhas, São Luís], Mato Grosso [Campo Novo Do Parecis, Juína, Sinop], Mato Grosso do Sul [Corumbá, Ivinhema, Nioaque], Minas Gerais [Ipanema, Lagoa Santa, Viçosa], Paraná [Antonina], Pará [Almeirim, Altamira, Belterra, Belém, Marituba, Mocajuba, Oriximiná, Parauapebas, Prainha, Santarém, Tucuruí, Óbidos], Piauí, Rio Grande do Sul [Viamão], Rio de Janeiro [Nova Friburgo], Rondônia [Pimenta Bueno, Porto Velho, Vilhena], Roraima [Amajari, Pacaraima], Santa Catarina [Blumenau], Sergipe, São Paulo [Campinas, Corumbataí, Cubatão, Jundiaí, Juquiá, Rincão, Rio Claro], Tocantins [Porto Nacional]), Colombia (Amazonas, Caquetá, César, Meta, Putumayo, Vaupés), Costa Rica (San José), Ecuador (Napo, Pastaza), French Guiana (Cayenne), Grenada, Guatemala (Sololá), Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz), Panama, Paraguay, Peru (Amazonas, Loreto), Suriname (Sipaliwini), Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela (Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Mérida)

References

Alfken, J. D. (1903). Zur Kenntnis einiger Centris-Arten. Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 3: 211-213 [213] (Discussion (as Melanocentris))
Michener, C. D. (1951). Subgeneric groups of Hemisia (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 24 (1): 1-11 [2, 8, 9, 10] (Key, systematics, redescription (as Hemisia (Melanocentris)))
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 1-175 [143] (Citation (as Centris (Melanocentris)))
Moure, J. S. (1950). Alguns agrupamentos novos de abelhas neotropicais (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Dusenia 1 (6): 385-394 [387] (Redescription, species list (as Centris (Melanocentris)))
Moure, J. S. (2002). O subgênero Centris (Schisthemisia) Ayala: notas complementares e descrição de uma nova espécie (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 46 (4): 489-493 [489] (Redescription (as Centris (Schisthemisia)))
Seabra, C. A. C. & Moure, J. S. (1961). Sobre duas espécies miméticas de Centris Fabricius ( Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 10: 25-29 [25] (Mimetismo (as Centris (Melanocentris)))
Snelling, R. R. (1966). The taxonomy and nomenclature of some North American bees of the genus Centris with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. 112: 1-33 [27, 28, 31] (Taxonomy, as Centris (Melanocentris))
Snelling, R. R. (1974). Notes on the distribution and taxonomy of some North American Centris (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. 259: 1-41 [1, 2, 3, 35, 36] (Citation, key, comparative notes, as Centris (Melanocentris))
Snelling, R. R. (1984). Studies on the taxonomy and distribution of American Centridini bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co. 347: 1-69 [23, 26] (Description, key to species, distribution (as Centris (Melanocentris)))
Vivallo, F (2018). Taxonomic note on the type species of Centris (Melanocentris) (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J. Melittology 77: 1-6 [5] (Taxonomy, synonymy)
Vivallo, F. (2021). Two new species of oil-collecting bees of Centris (Melanocentris) from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 111 (e2021019): 1-5 [2] (Taxonomy, as Centris (Melanocentris))
Zanella, F. C. V. (2002). Sistemática, filogenia e distribuição geográfica das espécies sul-americanas de Centris (Paracentris) Cameron, 1903 e de Centris (Penthemisia) Moure, 1950, incluindo uma análise filogenética do "grupo Centris" sensu Ayala 1998 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Centridini). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 46 (4): 435-488 [436] (Cited, as Centris (Melacentris))

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

Available Species

Centris (Melanocentris) ardesiaca Friese, 1900
Centris (Melanocentris) atra Friese, 1899
Centris (Melanocentris) atriventris Mocsáry, 1896
Centris (Melanocentris) bitaeniata Moure, 2002
Centris (Melanocentris) boliviensis Mocsáry, 1899
Centris (Melanocentris) braccata Packard, 1869
Centris (Melanocentris) caurensis Cockerell, 1919
Centris (Melanocentris) chrysitis Lepeletier, 1841
Centris (Melanocentris) clypeata Lepeletier, 1841
Centris (Melanocentris) collaris Lepeletier, 1841
Centris (Melanocentris) confusa Moure, 1960
Centris (Melanocentris) conspersa Mocsáry, 1899
Centris (Melanocentris) dimidiata (Olivier, 1789)
Centris (Melanocentris) discolor Smith, 1874
Centris (Melanocentris) dorsata Lepeletier, 1841
Centris (Melanocentris) ephippia Smith, 1854
Centris (Melanocentris) erubescens Friese, 1925
Centris (Melanocentris) fluviatilis Friese, 1924
Centris (Melanocentris) frieseana Moure, 2003
Centris (Melanocentris) fulva Friese, 1924
Centris (Melanocentris) furcata (Fabricius, 1804)
Centris (Melanocentris) gelida Snelling, 1984
Centris (Melanocentris) germani Vivallo, 2021
Centris (Melanocentris) insignis Smith, 1854
Centris (Melanocentris) lateritia Friese, 1899
Centris (Melanocentris) laticincta (Spinola, 1841)
Centris (Melanocentris) mariae Mocsáry, 1896
Centris (Melanocentris) marinae Vivallo, 2021
Centris (Melanocentris) maroniana Cockerell, 1917
Centris (Melanocentris) melanochlaena Smith, 1874
Centris (Melanocentris) modesta Smith, 1854
Centris (Melanocentris) obsoleta Lepeletier, 1841
Centris (Melanocentris) rhodoprocta Moure & Seabra, 1960
Centris (Melanocentris) rubripes Friese, 1899
Centris (Melanocentris) rufohirta Friese, 1900
Centris (Melanocentris) rufosuffusa Cockerell, 1935
Centris (Melanocentris) smithiana Friese, 1900
Centris (Melanocentris) thoracica Lepeletier, 1841
Centris (Melanocentris) violacea Lepeletier, 1841