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Centris (Centris) varia (Erichson, 1849)
Hemisia varia Erichson, W. F. (1848). Insecten pp. 553-617 in Schomburgk, R. (ed.) Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844. Im Auftrag Sr. Mägestat des Königs von Preussen Vol. III. Leipzig: Weber 1261 pp. [591] .
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown <F>.
Type locality: Guyana.

Anthophora conica Packard, A. S., Jr. (1869). List of hymenopterous and lepidopterous insects collected by the Smithsonian Expedition to South America, under Prof. James Orton. Annu. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. 1: 52-69 [58] .
Type data: holotype MCZ 551 <F>.
Type locality: Peru, 'Route along the Napo and Maranon rivers'.

Centris ardens 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 [367] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.929 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Tefé.

Centris inermis Friese, H. (1899). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Epicharis Klug und Centris Fabr. Termeszetr. Fuz. 23: 39-48 [46] .
Type data: lectotype MNHP <F> (Moure (1969:114) does not mention the sex of the specimen selected as lectotype. We infer it is a female judging from a female specimen at DZUP with the label 'M.N.H.N. Paris c.w.t. Mexico 24-II-1958 Pe. J. S. Moure').
Subsequent designation: Moure, J. S. (1969). Notas sobre algumas espécies de Centris da Guiana (Hym., Apoidea). An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 41 (1): 113-123 [114] .
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba.

Centris poecila segregatus Crawford, J. C. (1906). Some Costa Rican bees. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 157-163 [159] (Name proposed originally as Centris poecila var. segregatus) .
Type data: syntype USNM 10079 <F>.
Type locality: Costa Rica, San José.

Centris (Hemisia) bakeri Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). New bees from Brazil. Psyche 19: 41-61 [42] .
Type data: holotype AMNH <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, Rondônia, Rio Madeira.

Centris inermis gualanensis Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Descriptions and records of bees- XLIV. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 9: 554-568 [568] .
Type data: holotype USNM 23302 <F>.
Type locality: Guatemala, Gualan.

Centris versicolor rufiventris Friese, H. (1924). Neue formen der Bienengattungen Centris- Epicharis. Konowia 3: 19-22 [22] .
Type data: syntype ZMB <F>.
Type locality: Bolivia, Tarata; Brasil, Pará; Suriname.

Centris versicolor unifasciata Friese, H. (1924). Neue formen der Bienengattungen Centris- Epicharis. Konowia 3: 19-22 [21] (junior secondary homonym of Hemisia garleppi unifasciata Schrottky, 1913) .
Type data: holotype ZMB <M>.
Type locality: Brazil, São Paulo, Jundiaí.

Centris inermis pallidifrons Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [479] .
Type data: holotype USNM 58887 <M>.
Type locality: Honduras, Zamorano.

Centris (Rhodocentris) robusta Cockerell, T. D. A. (1949). Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98: 429-490 [478] .
Type data: holotype USNM 58886 <M>.
Type locality: Honduras, Zamorano.

Distribution

Nearctic Region: Mexico (Guanajuato, Sonora); Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil (Amapá [Calçoene, Macapá, Mazagão], Amazonas [Tefé], Goiás [Anápolis, Bonfinópolis, Goianápolis, Leopoldo De Bulhões, Nerópolis, Senador Canedo, Terezópolis De Goiás], Maranhão [Caxias, São Luís], Mato Grosso do Sul [Ivinhema], Minas Gerais [Uberlândia], Pará [Anajás, Chaves], Pernambuco [Caruaru], Rio Grande do Sul [Tenente Portela], São Paulo [Corumbataí]), Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz), Panama (Chiriquí), Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

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Ducke, A. (1902). Beobachtungen über Blütenbesuch, Erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden bienen. Allg. Z. Entomol. 7: 321-326 [323, 324] (Distribution, flower records (as Centris inermis and C. versicolor))
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Ducke, A. (1907). Contribution a la connaissance de la faune hyménoptérologique du Nord-Est du Brésil. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 26 (5/6): 73-96 [85] (Distribution (as Centris inermis))
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Friese, H. (1899). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Epicharis Klug und Centris Fabr. Termeszetr. Fuz. 23: 39-48 [42] (Distribution (as Centris inermis))
Friese, H. (1900). Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 15 (3-4): 237-350 [243, 251, 252, 314, 315, 325, 327, 328, 333] (Catalog, key, distribution, transcription of original description, comparative notes (as Centris (Rhodocentris) ardens, C. (Rhodocentris) inermis, C. (Cyanocentris) varia and partim as C. (Cyanocentris) poecila))
Friese, H. (1904). Beiträge zur Bienenfauna von Chile, Peru und Ecuador. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 4: 180-188 [188] (Cited (as Centris inermis))
Friese, H. (1904). Nachtrag zur Monographie der Bienengattung Centris. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 2: 90-92 [92] (Citation (as Centris inermis))
Friese, H. (1916). Zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica (Hym.). Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 77: 287-350 [296] (List, distribution (as Centris poecila var. segregatus and C. versicolor var. insularis))
Friese, H. (1921). Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 82: 73-98 [75, 79] (Distribution, flower record (as Centris poecila))
Friese, H. (1923). Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der schwedischen entomologischen reise des Herrn Dr. A. Roman in Amazonas 1914-15. 8. Apidae. Ark. Zool. 15 (13): 1-8 [5] (Distribution (as Centris versicolor and C. inermis))
Friese, H. (1924). Neue formen der Bienengattungen Centris- Epicharis. Konowia 3: 19-22 [22] (Cited (as Centris versicolor varia))
Gribodo, G. (1893). Note imenotterologiche. Nota. II. Nuovi generi e nuove specie di imenotteri antofili ed osservazioni sopra alcune specie giá conosciute. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 25: 248-287 [267] (Description of male, distribution records (as Centris poecila))
Holmberg, E. L. (1903). Delectus Hymenopterologicus Argentinus [.]. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 2 (3): 377-468 [431] (Distribution (partim, as Centris versicolor))
Krombein, K. V. (1953). The wasps and bees of the Bimini Island Group, Bahamas, British West Indies (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Am. Mus. Novit. 1633: 1-29 [28] (Cited, distribution (as Centris inermis, C. inermis pallidifrons, C. inermis gualanensis))
Locatelli, E., Machado, I.C. & Medeiros, P. (2004). Riqueza de abelhas e a flora apícola em um fragmento da mata serrana (brejo de altitude) em Pernambuco, Nordeste do Brasil pp. 152-177 in Porto, K.C., Cabral, J.J.P. & Tabarelli, M. (ed.) Brejos de altitude em Pernambuco e Paraíba: história natural, ecologia e conservação. Brasília: Ministério do Meio Ambiente 324 pp. [156] (Distribution record)
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 [560, 561] (Catalog (as Centris varia and partim as C. versicolor), citation (as Centris bakeri))
Michener, C. D. (1951). Subgeneric groups of Hemisia (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 24 (1): 1-11 [4, 5] (Taxonomy, list (as Hemisia (Hemisia) inermis, H. (Hemisia) varia and H. (Hemisia) versicolor))
Michener, C. D. (1954). Bees of Panamá. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 104 (1): 1-175 [138, 139] (Taxonomy, distribution, floral record, comparative description (as Centris (Centris) varia, C. (Centris) versicolor, C. (Centris) poecila and C. (Centris) inermis gualanensis))
Michener, C. D. & Lange, R. B. (1958). Observations on the ethology of neotropical anthophorine bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 39 (3): 69-96 [90] (Distribution (as Centris poecila))
Moure, J. S. (1942). Abelhas de Salobra (Hym. Apoidea). Pap. Avul. Dep. Zool., S. Paulo 2 (21): 291-321 [306] (Distribution, descriptive note (as Centris versicolor and C. versicolor varia))
Moure, J. S. (1944). Abejas del Perú. Bol. Mus. Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 8: 67-75 [73] (Distribution (as Centris conica, C. versicolor and C. varia))
Moure, J. S. (1945). Apoidea da Coleção do Conde Amadeu Barbiellini. II. (Hym. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 16 (3): 394-414 [404, 405, 406] (Distribution, synonymy, flower record, note, citation (as Centris versicolor))
Moure, J. S. (1969). Notas sobre algumas espécies de Centris da Guiana (Hym., Apoidea). An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 41 (1): 113-123 [114, 115, 117] (Comparative notes, synonymy, note on type material of Centris inermis, Centris inermis gualanensis, Centris robusta, Centris inermis pallidifrons, Centris ardens and Anthophora conica, key, distribution (as Centris (Centris) conica, C. (Centris) inermis, C. (Centris) segregata and C. (Centris) varia))
Polatto, L.P. & Alves, V.V. Junior (2020). Bee species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in a Cerrado-Atlantic Forest ecotone: nesting habits related to foraging activity in a degraded forest fragment. EntomoBrasilis 13: 1-5 [4] (Distribution record)
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Schrottky, C. (1901). Biologische Notizen solitärer Bienen von S. Paulo (Brasilien). Allg. Z. Entomol. 6: 209-216 [215] (Flower record, note, distribution (as Centris versicolor))
Schrottky, C. (1902). Ensaio sobre as abelhas solitarias do Brazil. Rev. Mus. Paul. 5: 330-613 [572, 573, 577] (Key, synonymy, distribution, flower record, behavior (as Centris versicolor))
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Schrottky, C. (1903). Enumération des hyménopteres connus jusqu'ici de la République Argentine, de l'Uruguay et du Paraguay. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 55: 176-186 [183] (Catalog, distribution (as Centris (Cyanocentris) decolorata))
Schrottky, C. (1904). Beitrag zur Kenntnis einiger südamerikanischer Hymenopteren. Allg. Z. Entomol. 9: 344-349 [349] (Flower record (as Centris (Cyanocentris) versicolor))
Schrottky, C. (1905). Contribución al conocimiento de los himenópteros del Paraguay. An. Cient. Paraguayos 4 (1): 1-14 [13] (Taxonomy (as Hemisia fasciata))
Schrottky, C. (1906). Contribución al conocimiento de los himenópteros del Paraguay. An. Cient. Paraguayos 6 (1): 1-32 [30, 31] (Distribution, taxonomy (as Hemisia versicolor inermis))
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Schrottky, C. (1908). Blumen und Insekten in Paraguay. Z. Wiss. Insektenbiol. 4: 22-26 [26] (Distribution, floral record (as Hemisia versicolor))
Schrottky, C. (1908). Blumen und Insekten in Paraguay. Z. Wiss. Insektenbiol. 4: 73-78 [77] (Distribution, floral record (as Hemisia versicolor))
Schrottky, C. (1908). Die bisher aus Paraguay bekannten Arten der Bienengattungen Epicharis und Hemisia. (Hym.). Z. Syst. Hymenopterol. Dipterol. 8: 93-99 [96, 98] (Synonymy, key (as Hemisia versicolor and H. versicolor inermis))
Schrottky, C. (1909). Blumen und Insekten in Paraguay. Z. Wiss. Insektenbiol. 5: 205-214 [208] (Cited (as Hemisia versicolor and H. versicolor inermis))
Schrottky, C. (1909). Blumen und Insekten in Paraguay. Z. Wiss. Insektenbiol. 5: 277-280 [278] (Cited (as Hemisia versicolor and H. versicolor inermis))
Schrottky, C. (1913). La distribución geográfica de los himenópteros argentinos. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 75: 180-286 [261] (Catalog, distribution (as Hemisia versicolor forma inermis and partim as H. versicolor forma decolorata and H. versicolor forma fasciata))
Schwarz, H. F. (1934). The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Am. Mus. Novit. 722: 1-24 [12, 13] (Note, distribution (as Centris inermis gualanensis and C. poecila))
Silva-Neto, C.M., Bergamini, L.L., Elias, M.A.S., Moreira, G.L., Morais, J.M., Bergamini, B.A.R. & Franceschinelli, E.V. (2017). High species richness of native pollinators in Brazilian tomato crops. Braz. J. Biol. 77 (3): 506-513 [508] (Distribution record)
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [97] (Distribution)
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [369, 379] (Distribution record, Brazil (uncertain identity, as Centris haemorrhoidalis), distribution (partim, as Centris versicolor))
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 [364] (Distribution (partim, as Centris versicolor))
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Vilhena, A.M.G.F., Rabelo, L.S., Bastos, E.M.A.F. & Augusto, S.C. (2012). Acerola pollinators in the savanna of Central Brazil: temporal variations in oil-collecting bee richness and a mutualistic network. Apidologie 43: 51-62 [55] (Distribution (as Centris (Centris) inermis))
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Wittmann, D. & Hoffmann, M. (1990). Bees of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 70: 17-43 [21] (Distribution record)

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