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Centris (Centris) (Fabricius, 1804)
Centris Fabricius, J. C. (1804). Systema Piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae: Reichard 1-439 pp. [354] .
Type species: Apis haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1775 by designation under Plenary Powers.

Hemisia Klug, J. C. F. (1807). Kritische Revision der Beienengattungen in Fabricius neuem Piezatensysteme mit Berücksichtigung der Kirbyschen Bienefamilien und Illiger's Bemerkunde zu Kirbys Monographie. Mag. Insektenkd. (Illiger) 6: 200-228 [213, 227] .
Subsequent designation: Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906). The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 63-116 [105] .
Type species: Apis haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1775 by subsequent designation, see Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906). The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 63-116 [105] .

Cyanocentris Friese, H. (1900). Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 15 (3-4): 237-350 [244, 251] (Proposed as Centris (Cyanocentris)) .
Subsequent designation: Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [543] .
Type species: Apis versicolor Fabricius, 1775 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 [543] .

Poecilocentris Friese, H. (1900). Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 15 (3-4): 237-350 [244, 252] (Proposed as Centris (Poecilocentris)) .
Subsequent designation: Sandhouse, G. A. (1943). The type species of the genera and subgenera of bees. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 92: 519-619 [589] .
Type species: Centris fasciatella Friese, 1900 ( = Centris fasciata Smith) 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 [589] .

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Guanajuato, Sinaloa, Sonora), United States of America (Florida, Texas); Neotropical Region: Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta), Barbados, Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Tarija), Brazil (Amapá [Calçoene, Macapá, Mazagão], Amazonas [Itacoatiara, Tefé], Bahia [Camaçari, Carinhanha, Cruz Das Almas, Feira De Santana, Itatim, Mata De São João, Milagres, Morro Do Chapéu, Mucugê, Palmeiras, Salvador, Xique-Xique], Ceará [Baturité, Caridade, Horizonte, Quixadá, São Gonçalo Do Amarante], Espírito Santo, Goiás [Anápolis, Bonfinópolis, Goianápolis, Leopoldo De Bulhões, Nerópolis, Senador Canedo, Terezópolis De Goiás], Maranhão [Alcântara, Barreirinhas, Caxias, Codó, Cururupu, São Luís, Urbano Santos], Mato Grosso [Porto Dos Gaúchos], Mato Grosso do Sul [Corumbá, Ivinhema, Miranda], Minas Gerais [Araguari, Ipanema, Lagoa Santa, Uberlândia], Paraná [Campo Mourão], Paraíba [João Pessoa, Santa Teresinha], Pará [Anajás, Chaves, Itaituba, Santarém], Pernambuco [Camaragibe, Caruaru, Petrolina], Piauí [Piripiri], Rio Grande do Norte [Natal, Serra Negra Do Norte], Rio Grande do Sul [Tenente Portela], Roraima, São Paulo [Batatais, Corumbataí, Jundiaí, São Paulo, São Sebastião], Tocantins [Esperantina]), Colombia (Cauca), Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Heredia, Puntarenas, San José), Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador (Guayas), El Salvador, French Guiana (Cayenne), Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Montserrat, Panama (Chiriquí, Panamá), Paraguay, Peru (Huánuco), Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin & St. Barthelemy, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

References

Ackerman, A. J. (1916). The carpenter-bees of the United States of the genus Xylocopa. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 24: 196-232 [197]
Ducke, A. (1901). Beobachtungen über Blütenbesuch, Erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden Bienen. Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 1: 49-67 [56] (Note, species list (as Centris s. str.))
Ducke, A. (1902). Beobachtungen über Blütenbesuch, Erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden Bienen. Allg. Z. Entomol. 7: 360-368 [363] (Citation)
Herbst, P. (1921). Zur Synonymie chilenischer Blumenwespen (Apidae. Hymenoptera). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 82: 99-101 [99] (Citation (as Centris (Cyanocentris)))
Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A. (1920). Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 42: 491-641 [550] (Catalog (as Centris (Cyanocentris) and Centris (Poecilocentris)))
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 1-175 [137] (Citation (as Centris (Centris)))
Moure, J. S. (1945). Apoidea da Coleção do Conde Amadeu Barbiellini. II. (Hym. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 16 (3): 394-414 [405] (Descriptive note, list of species (as Centris))
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] (Citation (as Cyanocentris))
Moure, J. S., Oliveira, F. F. & Viana, B. F. (2003). Descrição de uma espécie nova de Centris Fabricius da Bahia, Brasil (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 47 (4): 569-572 [569] (Cited (as Centris (Centris)))
Schrottky, C. (1904). Beitrag zur Kenntnis einiger südamerikanischer Hymenopteren. Allg. Z. Entomol. 9: 344-349 [347] (Biology (as Centris (Cyanocentris)))
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 [22-23] (Taxonomy (as Centris (Centris)))
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 [14-22] (Key, description (as Centris (Centris)))
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 (Centris)))

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Last update : 17 Jul 2023

Available Species

Centris (Centris) adani Cockerell, 1949
Centris (Centris) aenea Lepeletier, 1841
Centris (Centris) aethiocesta Snelling, 1984
Centris (Centris) aethyctera Snelling, 1974
Centris (Centris) amica Moure, 1960
Centris (Centris) byrsonimae Mahlmann & Oliveira, 2012
Centris (Centris) callospila Cockerell, 1937
Centris (Centris) catsal Roig-Alsina, 2000
Centris (Centris) caxiensis Ducke, 1907
Centris (Centris) decolorata Lepeletier, 1841
Centris (Centris) dirrhoda Moure, 1960
Centris (Centris) eisenii Fox, 1893
Centris (Centris) elegans Smith, 1874
Centris (Centris) errans Fox, 1899
Centris (Centris) fasciata Smith, 1854
Centris (Centris) flavifrons (Fabricius, 1775)
Centris (Centris) flavofasciata Friese, 1899
Centris (Centris) haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Centris (Centris) insularis Smith, 1874
Centris (Centris) maculifrons Smith, 1854
Centris (Centris) meaculpa Snelling, 1984
Centris (Centris) nigrofasciata Friese, 1899
Centris (Centris) nitens Lepeletier, 1841
Centris (Centris) niveofasciata Friese, 1899
Centris (Centris) obscurior Michener, 1954
Centris (Centris) poecila Lepeletier, 1841
Centris (Centris) pulchra Moure, Oliveira & Viana, 2003
Centris (Centris) rufescens Friese, 1899
Centris (Centris) rufulina Cockerell, 1937
Centris (Centris) smithii Cresson, 1879
Centris (Centris) spilopoda Moure, 1969
Centris (Centris) testacea Lepeletier, 1841
Centris (Centris) varia (Erichson, 1849)
Centris (Centris) versicolor (Fabricius, 1775)