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Centris (Melanocentris) dimidiata (Olivier, 1789)
Apis dimidiata Olivier, A. G. (1789). Abeille pp. 46-84 in M. M. Diderot & D' Alembert (ed.) Encyclopédie Métodique. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes Vol. 4. Paris: Pankouke 331 pp. [64] .
Type data: Type whereabouts unknown ?.
Type locality: French Guyana, Cayenne.

Distribution

Neotropical Region: Brazil (Amazonas [Barcelos, Itacoatiara, Tefé], Espírito Santo [Santa Leopoldina], Minas Gerais [Ipanema], Pará [Óbidos], Rondônia [Porto Velho]), French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela (Distrito Federal)

References

Azevedo, A. A. & Silveira, F. A. (2005). Two new species of Centris (Trachina) Klug, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a note on Centris pachysoma Cockerell, 1919. Lundiana 6 (Suppl.): 41-48 [42, 45] (Cited, synonymy)
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1918). Bees from British Guiana. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 38: 685-690 [687] (Distribution, flower record)
Moure, J. S. (1960). Abelhas da região neotropical descritas por G. Gribodo (Hymenoptera-Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Fed. Parana, Zool. 1 (1): 1-18 [8] (Cited, distribution)
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 [99, 126, 127] (Catalog, transcription of original description, redescription)
Moure, J. S. & Seabra, C. A. C. (1962). Três espécies novas de Centris (Ptilotopus) Klug, 1810 (Hymenoptera - Apoidea). Bol. Univ. Fed. Parana, Zool. 1 (14): 1-13 [4] (Cited)
Santos, C.F. & Absy, M.L. (2010). Polinizadores de Bertholletia excelsa (Lecythidales: Lecythidaceae): Interações com Abelhas sem Ferrão (Apidae: Meliponini) e Nicho Trófico. Neotrop. Entomol. 39 (6): 854-861 [856] (Distribution)
Santos, C.F. & Absy, M.L. (2012). Interactions between carpenter bees and orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in flowers of Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl. (Lecythidaceae). Acta Amazonica 42 (1): 89-94 [91] (Distribution)
Silveira, F. A., Melo, G. A. R. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2002). Abelhas Brasileiras: Sistemática e Identificação. Belo Horizonte: F. A. Silveira 253 pp. [98] (Distribution)
Spinola, M. (1841). Hyménoptères recueillis a Cayenne en 1839 par M. Leprieur, pharmacien de la Marine Royale. Seconde Partie. Porte-Aiguillons. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 10: 85-149 [147] (Cited)
Vivallo, F. (2016). Taxonomic note on the oil-collecting bee Centris dimidiata (Olivier, 1789) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini). Zootaxa 4162 (3): 519-534 [526] (Taxonomy, synonymy, descriptive note, distribution record)

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