Centris (Centris) elegans Smith, 1874
Centris elegans
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 [372] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.926 <F>.
Type locality: Lesser Antilles, Saint Vincent.
Centris gracilis
Friese, H. (1900). Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 15 (3-4): 237-350 [350] (unnecessary nom. nov. for Centris elegans Smith, 1874) .
Centris elegans grenadensis
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [186] .
Type data: holotype USNM 21648 <M>.
Type locality: Lesser Antilles, Grenada.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
References
Ashmead, W. H. (1900). Report upon the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the Islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 2: 207-367 [209] (Distribution, catalog)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906). The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 63-116 [98] (Catalog, distribution (as Centris (Hemisia) elegans))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1912). Descriptions and records of bees- XLI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 9: 139-149 [140] (Citation, distribution (as Centris elegans))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [186] (Description of the male (as Centris elegans))
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [304]
Friese, H. (1900). Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 15 (3-4): 237-350 [244, 332, 350] (Catalog, descriptive note, distribution, systematic note (as Centris (Cyanocentris) elegans and C. Cyanocentris gracilis))
Friese, H. (1908). Beitrag zur Bienenfauna der Kleinen Antillen und der Bermudas. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere Supl. 11: 33-40 [38] (Distribution (as Centris elegans))
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 [553, 554] (Catalog, synonymy, citation (as Centris gracilis and C. elegans grenadensis),)
Moure, J. S. (1960). Notes on the types of the Neotropical bees described by Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Stud. Entomol. (Rio J.) 3 (1-4): 97-160 [122] (Descriptive note, comparative note (as C. (Centris) elegans))
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 [9] (Synonymy, note on type material of Centris elegans grenadensis)
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 [155] (Note on type material of Centris elegans)
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