Centris (Heterocentris) difformis Smith, 1854
Centris difformis
Smith, F. (1854). Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465 pp. [374] .
Type data: holotype BMNH 17B.912 <F>.
Type locality: Brazil, Pará, 'Rio Tapajos'.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amazonas, Pará [Santarém]), Costa Rica, French Guiana, Mexico
References
Alfken, J. D. (1930). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen entomologischen Reisen des Herrn Dr. A. Roman 1914-1915 und 1923-1924 in Amazonas. Ark. Zool. 21A (28): 1-16 [6] (Distribution (as Centris difformis))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1899). Catálogo de las abejas de México. México: Secretaría de Fomento 3-20 pp. [18] (Distribution (as Centris difformis))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906). The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 63-116 [97, 105] (Catalog, distribution, systematic note)
Crawford, J. C. (1906). Some Costa Rican bees. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 157-163 [158] (Distribution)
Cresson, E. T. (1879). Catalogue of North American Apidae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 7: 215-232 [229]
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [304] (Catalog (as Centris difformis))
Ducke, A. (1902). Beobachtungen über Blütenbesuch, Erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden bienen. Allg. Z. Entomol. 7: 321-326 [324] (Distribution, flower record (as Centris difformis))
Ducke, A. (1902). Beobachtungen über Blütenbesuch, Erscheinungszeit etc. der bei Pará vorkommenden Bienen. Allg. Z. Entomol. 7: 360-368 [366] (Male description, distribution, catalog, flower record)
Ducke, A. (1910). Zur Synonymie der neotropischen Apidae. (Hym.). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1910: 362-369 [366] (Citation (as Centris difformis))
Friese, H. (1899). Neue arten der Bienengattungen Epicharis Klug und Centris Fabr. Termeszetr. Fuz. 23: 39-48 [44] (Citation (as Centris difformis))
Friese, H. (1900). Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 15 (3-4): 237-350 [243, 250, 300, 301, 302] (Catalog, key, transcription of original description, distribution, synonymy, descriptive note, cited (as Centris (Rhodocentris) difformis))
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 difformis))
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] (Catalog, citation (as cornuta))
Michener, C. D. (1951). Subgeneric groups of Hemisia (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 24 (1): 1-11 [6, 7] (Taxonomy, list (as Hemisia (Heterocentris) difformis))
Moure, J. S. (1945). Apoidea da Coleção do Conde Amadeu Barbiellini. II. (Hym. Apoidea). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 16 (3): 394-414 [402] (Systematic discussion (as Heterocentris difformis))
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. (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 (as Centris difformis))
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 [47, 48] (Key, taxonomy, distribution (as Centris (Heterocentris) difformis))
Thiele, R. (2003). A review of Central American Centris (Heterocentris) and evidence for male dimorphism in C. labrosa (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Mitt. Mus. Nat.kd. Berl., Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 50 (2): 237-242 [237, 238, 239, 241, 242] (Descriptive note, morphology, key (as Centris (Heterocentris) difformis))
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 [159] (Note on type material, as Centris (Heterocentris) difformis)
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