Centris (Melanocentris) braccata Packard, 1869
Centris braccata
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 [57] .
Type data: holotype MCZ 557 <F>.
Type locality: Peru, Loreto, 'Route along the Napo and Maranon rivers'.
Centris xylocopoides
Fox, W. J. (1899). Synopsis of the United States species of the Hymenopterous genus Centris Fabr. with description of a new species from Trinidad. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 51: 63-70 [70] .
Type data: syntype ANSP 10192 <F>.
Type locality: Trinidad and Tobago.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Grenada, Peru (Loreto), Trinidad and Tobago
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, 300] (Distribution, catalog (as xylocopoides))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906). The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 63-116 [97] (Catalog, distribution (as Centris (Ptilotopus) xylocopoides))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1907). Some bees in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Univ. Colo. Stud. 5(1): 35-39 [36] (Redescription and note on type specimen of Centris braccata)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1919). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 3. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 55: 167-221 [192] (Cited (as Centris xylocopoides))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1926). The black bees of Peru. Entomologist 59: 28-29 [29] (Cited (as Centris braccata))
Dalla Torre, C. G. (1896). Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Lipsiae: Guilelmi Engelmann Vol. 10 643 pp. [303] (Taxonomy (as braccata Smith))
Friese, H. (1900). Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Ann. K-K. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 15 (3-4): 237-350 [241, 267, 343] (Catalog, transcription of original description (as Centris (Melanocentris) braccata and C. xylocopoides))
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 xylocopoides))
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 [561] (Catalog (as Centris xylocopoides))
Moure, J. S. (1996). Reestudo de alguns tipos de abelhas neotropicais descritos por Friese e conservados no Museu de Berlim (Apoidea, Colletidae, Anthophoridae). Rev. Bras. Zool. 12 (4): 939-952 [948] (Synonymy, distribution, note on type material of Centris braccata and C. xylocopoides (as Centris (Melacentris) braccata))
Soukup, J. (1943). Algunos himenópteros peruanos. Bol. Mus. Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 7 (26-27): 253-274 [269] (Distribution, list (as Centris braccata))
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Last update : 17 Jul 2023