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Centris poecila Lepeletier, 1841

Centris pœcila Lepeletier, 1841:154, ♀, Île de la Havane (Musée du général Dejean); Genaro & Breto, 2024Genaro, J.A. & D. Breto 2024. The genus Centris Fabricius in Cuba, with a new record and the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 1041:1-26.:3, Holotype ♀ (OUM). - Smith, 1854Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl. (distribution); Smith, 1874Smith, F. 1874. A revision of the genera Epicharis, Centris, Eulema, and Euglossa, belonging to the family Apidae, Section Scopulipedes [Continued from p. 322]. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 4: v. 13:357-373. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, 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. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution); Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350. (distribution); Friese, 1902Friese, H. 1902. Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 1-2:196-201. (distribution); Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (1):63-116. (distribution); Cockerell, 1919Cockerell, T.D.A. 1919. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55 (2264):167-221. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution); Friese, 1921Friese, H. 1921. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 82:74-98. (distribution); Cockerell, 1922Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. 4. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60 (2413):1-20. (distribution); Cockerell, 1926Cockerell, T.D.A. 1926. Descriptions and records of bees. - CX. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 9: v. 17 (101):510-519. (distribution); Cockerell, 1928Cockerell, T.D.A. 1928. Bees collected by Nathan Banks in the vicinity of the Panama Canal. Psyche 35:173-181. (distribution); Schwarz, 1934Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 722:1-24. (distribution); Cockerell, 1949Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490. (distribution); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Alayo, 1976Alayo, P.D. 1976. Introducción al estudio de los himenópteros de Cuba. Apoidea. Serie Biológica 68:1- 61. (distribution); Zayas, 1982Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (distribution); Fernández Triana et al., 2002Fernández Triana, J.L., H. Saríol, M.A. Vega Castillo, S. Ricardo & M. González 2002. Datos preliminares sobre la biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en la provincia Granma, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 31:43-48. (distribution); Genaro, 2004Genaro, J.A. 2004. Las abejas de la isla de la Juventud, Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 34:177-179. (distribution); Genaro, 2007Genaro, J.A. 2007. Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de la Hispaniola, Antillas. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40:247-254. (distribution); Genaro, 2008Genaro, J.A. 2008. Origins, composition and distribution of the bees of Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 52:1-16. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution); Breto, 2021Breto Benítez, D. 2021. Inventario de abejas y avispas apoideas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) del Parque Nacional Guanahacabibes, Pinar del Río, Cuba. Ecovida 1:20-28. (distribution); Breto, 2021Breto Benítez, D. 2021. Inventario de las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de la Reserva Ecológica Sierra de la Güira, Pinar del Río, Cuba. Novitates Caribaea 18:8-17. (distribution); Genaro & Breto, 2024Genaro, J.A. & D. Breto 2024. The genus Centris Fabricius in Cuba, with a new record and the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 1041:1-26. (distribution).
Centris testacea Lepeletier, 1841:165, sex not indicated.Patrie inconnue (Musée de France). - Smith, 1874Smith, F. 1874. A revision of the genera Epicharis, Centris, Eulema, and Euglossa, belonging to the family Apidae, Section Scopulipedes [Continued from p. 322]. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 4: v. 13:357-373. (distribution); Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350. (distribution); Friese, 1902Friese, H. 1902. Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 1-2:196-201. (distribution); Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (1):63-116. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530.:244 ( listed as synonym of Centris poecila Lepeletier, 1841); Duarte, 2014Duarte, S. 2014. El género Centris Fabricius, 1804 (Insecta: Apidae) en las colecciones del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 55:331-334.:333 ( listed as synonym of Centris poecila Lepeletier, 1841); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution).
Anthophora versicolor Apicalis Guérin-Méneville, 1844:455, Vivallo, 2023Vivallo, F. 2023. The primary types of some species of Centris bees described by European entomologists in the 18th and 20th centuries (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 864:1-27.:10, ♀♀ (the whereabouts of the syntypes are unknown); Genaro & Breto, 2024Genaro, J.A. & D. Breto 2024. The genus Centris Fabricius in Cuba, with a new record and the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 1041:1-26.:3, Holotype ♀ (whereabouts unknown). - Vivallo, 2023Vivallo, F. 2023. The primary types of some species of Centris bees described by European entomologists in the 18th and 20th centuries (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 864:1-27.:10 ( listed as synonym of Centris poecila Lepeletier, 1841); Genaro & Breto, 2024Genaro, J.A. & D. Breto 2024. The genus Centris Fabricius in Cuba, with a new record and the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 1041:1-26.:3 ( listed as synonym of Centris poecila Lepeletier, 1841). - As Anthophora apicalis: - Smith, 1854Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl. (distribution); Guérin-Méneville, 1857Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1857. Animaux Articulés. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 1-868.:780 ( listed as synonym of Anthophora versicolor (Fabricius, 1775)); Gundlach, 1887Gundlach, J. 1887. Apuntes para la fauna Puerto-Riqueña. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 16 (1):115-199.:155 ( listed as synonym of Centris versicolor (Fabricius, 1775)); Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, 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. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.:213 ( listed as synonym of Centris poecila Lepeletier, 1841); Duarte, 2014Duarte, S. 2014. El género Centris Fabricius, 1804 (Insecta: Apidae) en las colecciones del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 55:331-334.:333 ( listed as synonym of Centris poecila Lepeletier, 1841). - As Centris apicalis: - Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp. (distribution); Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); Fox, 1899Fox, W.J. 1899. Synopsis of the U. St. species of Centris, with description of a new species from Trinidad. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51:63-70. (distribution); Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, 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. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution); Friese, 1902Friese, H. 1902. Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 1-2:196-201. (distribution); Friese, 1909Friese, H. 1909. Beitrag zur Bienenfauna der Kleinen Antillen und der Bermudas. Zoologische Jahrbücher Suppl. 11 (Erstes Heft):34-40. (distribution). - As Centris versicolor apicalis: - Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (1):63-116. (distribution); Lutz & Cockerell, 1920Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641. (distribution). - As Podalirius apicalis: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution), 257 (comb. nov.). - As Podalirius atratus apicalis: - Friese, 1902Friese, H. 1902. Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 1-2:196-201. (distribution).
Anthophora versicolora Sagra, 1857:326 - Genaro & Breto, 2024Genaro, J.A. & D. Breto 2024. The genus Centris Fabricius in Cuba, with a new record and the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 1041:1-26.:3 ( listed as synonym of Centris poecila Lepeletier, 1841).

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Species: Centris poecila Lepeletier, 1841 ♀
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Species: Centris poecila Lepeletier, 1841 ♀
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Species: Centris poecila Lepeletier, 1841 ♀
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Species: Centris poecila Lepeletier, 1841 ♀
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map of Centris poecila Lepeletier, 1841

Distribution

BHSBahamas
 (Genaro, 2007; Genaro & Breto, 2024 needs confirmation)
CRICosta Rica
 (Friese, 1921; Cockerell, 1949)
CUBCuba
 (Lepeletier, 1841; Smith, 1854 [as Anthophora apicalis Guérin-Méneville, 1844]; Smith, 1854; Cresson, 1865 [as Centris apicalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)]; Smith, 1874; Cresson, 1879 [as Centris apicalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Podalirius apicalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)]; Dalla Torre, 1896; Friese, 1900; Ashmead, 1900 [as Anthophora apicalis Guérin-Méneville, 1844]; Ashmead, 1900; Friese, 1902 [as Centris apicalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)]; Friese, 1902; Friese, 1902 [as Podalirius atratus apicalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)]; Cockerell, 1906; Cockerell, 1906 [as Centris versicolor apicalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Centris versicolor apicalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Cockerell, 1949; Alayo, 1973; Alayo, 1976; Zayas, 1982; Fernández Triana et al., 2002; Genaro, 2007; Genaro, 2008; Vivallo, 2023 [as Anthophora versicolor apicalis Guérin-Méneville, 1844]; Genaro & Breto, 2024)
CUB-IsJCuba - Isla de Juventud
 (Genaro, 2004)
CUB-PinCuba - Pinar del Río
 (Breto, 2021; Breto, 2021)
DOMDominican Republic
 (Smith, 1874 [as Centris testacea Lepeletier, 1841]; Cresson, 1879 [as Centris testacea Lepeletier, 1841]; Friese, 1900 [as Centris testacea Lepeletier, 1841]; Friese, 1902 [as Centris apicalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)]; Friese, 1902 [as Centris testacea Lepeletier, 1841]; Cockerell, 1906 [as Centris testacea Lepeletier, 1841]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Centris testacea Lepeletier, 1841]; Perez-Gelabert, 2020 endemic [as Centris testacea Lepeletier, 1841])
FRA-SaBFrance - Saint Barthélemy
 (Fox, 1899 [as Centris apicalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)])
GTMGuatemala
 (Cockerell, 1919; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Cockerell, 1922)
HISHispaniola
 (Genaro, 2007; Perez-Gelabert, 2008; Perez-Gelabert, 2020)
HNDHonduras
 (Cockerell, 1949)
HTIHaiti
 (Friese, 1900 [as Centris testacea Lepeletier, 1841]; Friese, 1902 [as Centris testacea Lepeletier, 1841]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Centris testacea Lepeletier, 1841]; Perez-Gelabert, 2020 endemic [as Centris testacea Lepeletier, 1841])
MEXMexico
 (Friese, 1900; Cockerell, 1906; Cockerell, 1919; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Cockerell, 1949)
PANPanama
 (Friese, 1900; Cockerell, 1906; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Cockerell, 1928; Schwarz, 1934; Cockerell, 1949; Michener, 1954; Genaro, 2007)
TTOTrinidad and Tobago
 (Cockerell, 1926 new)
VCTSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
 (Ashmead, 1900 [as Centris apicalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)]; Friese, 1909 [as Centris apicalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)])

Literature

  • Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.
  • Alayo, P.D. 1976. Introducción al estudio de los himenópteros de Cuba. Apoidea. Serie Biológica 68:1- 61.
  • 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. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367.
  • Breto Benítez, D. 2021. Inventario de las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de la Reserva Ecológica Sierra de la Güira, Pinar del Río, Cuba. Novitates Caribaea 18:8-17.
  • Breto Benítez, D. 2021. Inventario de abejas y avispas apoideas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) del Parque Nacional Guanahacabibes, Pinar del Río, Cuba. Ecovida 1:20-28.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (1):63-116.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1919. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55 (2264):167-221.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1922. Bees in the collection of the United States National Museum. 4. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60 (2413):1-20.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1926. Descriptions and records of bees. - CX. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 9: v. 17 (101):510-519.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1928. Bees collected by Nathan Banks in the vicinity of the Panama Canal. Psyche 35:173-181.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Duarte, S. 2014. El género Centris Fabricius, 1804 (Insecta: Apidae) en las colecciones del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 55:331-334.
  • Fernández Triana, J.L., H. Saríol, M.A. Vega Castillo, S. Ricardo & M. González 2002. Datos preliminares sobre la biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en la provincia Granma, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 31:43-48.
  • Fox, W.J. 1899. Synopsis of the U. St. species of Centris, with description of a new species from Trinidad. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51:63-70.
  • Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350.
  • Friese, H. 1902. Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 1-2:196-201.
  • Friese, H. 1909. Beitrag zur Bienenfauna der Kleinen Antillen und der Bermudas. Zoologische Jahrbücher Suppl. 11 (Erstes Heft):34-40.
  • Friese, H. 1921. Nachtrag zur Bienenfauna von Costa Rica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 82:74-98.
  • Genaro, J.A. 2004. Las abejas de la isla de la Juventud, Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 34:177-179.
  • Genaro, J.A. 2007. Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de la Hispaniola, Antillas. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40:247-254.
  • Genaro, J.A. 2008. Origins, composition and distribution of the bees of Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 52:1-16.
  • Genaro, J.A. & D. Breto 2024. The genus Centris Fabricius in Cuba, with a new record and the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Insecta Mundi 1041:1-26.
  • Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1829-1858. Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier. Insectes. J. B. Baillière, Paris. 576 pp.
  • Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1857. Animaux Articulés. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 1-868.
  • Gundlach, J. 1887. Apuntes para la fauna Puerto-Riqueña. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 16 (1):115-199.
  • Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1841. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Vol. 2. Paris.
  • Lutz, F.E. & T.D.A. Cockerell 1920. Notes on the distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families, Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist 42 (15):491-641.
  • Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530.
  • Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668.
  • Schwarz, H.F. 1934. The solitary bees of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 722:1-24.
  • Smith, F. 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London. 465 pp, 8 pl.
  • Smith, F. 1874. A revision of the genera Epicharis, Centris, Eulema, and Euglossa, belonging to the family Apidae, Section Scopulipedes [Continued from p. 322]. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 4: v. 13:357-373.
  • Vivallo, F. 2023. The primary types of some species of Centris bees described by European entomologists in the 18th and 20th centuries (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 864:1-27.
  • Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111.