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Centris (Hemisiella) nitida Smith, 1874
Centris nitida Smith, F. (1874). A revision of the genera Epicharis, Centris, Eulema and Euglossa, belonging to the family Apidae, section Scopulipedes. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 13: 357-373 [368] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.906 <M>.
Type locality: Honduras.

Centris confinis Pérez, J. (1905). Hyménoptères nouveaux du Mexique. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 11: 39-41 [40] .
Type data: holotype MNHP <F>.
Type locality: 'Mexique?'.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Guanajuato, Sinaloa, Sonora); Neotropical Region: Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Veracruz), Venezuela

References

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Ayala, R., Griswold, T. L. & Yanega, D. (1996). Apoidea (Hymenoptera) pp. 423-464 in Llorente, J., García-Aldrete, A.N. & González-Soriano, E. (ed.) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos Mexicanos: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento. Mexico: IBUNAM/ UNAM/ CONABIO [457] (List, distribution (as Centris (Hemisiella) nitida))
Chiappa, E. & Toro, H. (1994). Comportamiento reproductivo de Centris mixta tamarugalis (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). II Parte: Nidificación y estados inmaduros. Rev. Chil. Entomol. 21: 99-115 [99] (Male behavior, distribution (as Centris nitida))
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Cockerell, T. D. A. (1932). Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) collected at Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, by the Harvard Expeditions of 1929-1930. Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 27 (1): 9-17 [11] (Distribution)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [475] (Citation (as Centris confinis))
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Ducke, A. (1908). Contribution à la connaissance de la faune hyménoptérologique du Nord-Est du Brésil. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 27 (6): 57-87 [76] (Distribution)
Friese, H. (1900). Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 15 (3-4): 237-350 [242, 249, 290, 291, 293] (Catalog, key, distribution, taxonomy, synonymy, descriptive note, redescriptive note, cited (as Centris (Melanocentris) nitida))
Friese, H. (1921). Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 82: 73-98 [75] (Distribution, flower record (as Centris nitida))
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 [552, 558] (Catalog (as confinis))
Michener, C. D. (1951). Subgeneric groups of Hemisia (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 24 (1): 1-11 [7, 8, 9] (Descriptive note, taxonomy, list (as Hemisia (Hemisiella) nitida))
Schrottky, C. (1904). Beitrag zur Kenntnis einiger südamerikanischer Hymenopteren. Allg. Z. Entomol. 9: 344-349 [347] (Biology, distribution (as Centris (Cyanocentris) nitida))
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 [45] (Key, synonymy, distribution (as Centris (Hemisiella) nitida))
Vivallo, F. (2020). Lectotype designations taxonomic notes and new synonymies in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Frederick Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Zootaxa 4729: 151-176 [157] (Note on type material of Centris nitida and C. confinis, as Centris (Hemisiella) nitida)

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