APIDAE Apinae Centridini Centris Centris (Hemisiella)
Centris (Hemisiella) transversa Pérez, 1905
Centris transversa
Pérez, J. (1905). Hyménoptères nouveaux du Mexique. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 11: 39-41 [39] (According to Moure's notes, the female type 17B.905, from the Natural History Museum, London, is in the MNHP) .
Type data: syntype MNHP <F><M>.
Type locality: Mexico, 'Tehuacan'.
Centris (Melanocentris) ruae
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [474] .
Type data: holotype USNM 58880 <F>.
Type locality: Honduras, Zamorano.
Distribution
Nearctic Region: Mexico (Guanajuato, Sinaloa, Sonora); Neotropical Region: Mexico (Distrito Federal, Guerrero, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz)
References
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) transversa))
Michener, C. D. (1951). Subgeneric groups of Hemisia (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 24 (1): 1-11 [8] (Taxonomy, list (as Hemisia (Hemisiella) transversa))
Moure, J. S. (1945). Apoidea da Coleção do Conde Amadeu Barbiellini. II. (Hym. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 16 (3): 394-414 [408] (New combination, list (as Hemisiella transversa))
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 [26] (Distribution, floral record (as Centris (Hemisiella) transversa))
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, taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, flower record (as Centris (Hemisiella) transversa))
Vivallo, F. (2020). The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Eur. J. Entomol. 618: 1-47 [19] (Note on the type (as Centris ruae))
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023