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Centris varia (Erichson in Schomburgk, 1848)

Hemisia varia Erichson in Schomburgk, 1848:591, ♀.Britisch-Guiana; Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia.:60, Holotype ♀ (ubicación incierta); 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). - As Centris varia: - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution), 309 (comb. nov.); Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350. (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); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution); Roig-Alsina, 2000Roig-Alsina, A. 2000. Claves para las especies argentinas de Centris (Hymenoptera, Apidae), con descripción de nuevas especies y notas sobre distribución. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 2 (2):171-193. (distribution); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (distribution); Vélez, 2012Vélez Velandia, E.D. 2012. . Dissertation , , 1-247. Bogotá, Colombia. (distribution); Mahlmann & Oliveira, 2012Mahlmann, T. & F.F. de Oliveira 2012. A new species of Centris (Centris) (Fabricius) from northeastern Brazil, with taxonomic notes on C. (C.) pulchra Moure, Oliveira & Viana (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 255:49-65. (distribution).
Anthophora conica Packard, 1869:58 - Vivallo, 2023Vivallo, F. 2023. Taxonomic notes on the primary types of some species of Centris bees described by some entomologists from the Americas (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Iheringia Série Zoologia 113:1-18.:2 ( listed as synonym of Centris varia (Erichson in Schomburgk, 1848)).
Centris insularis Smith, 1874:367, ♀. ♀, San Domingo. - 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); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (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, 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 32:63-116. (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); Genaro, 2007Genaro, J.A. 2007. Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de la Hispaniola, Antillas. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40:247-254. (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). - As Centris versicolor insularis:
Centris inermis Friese, 1900:46, ♂♀. > 50 ♂♂, ♀♀, Mexico (Orizaba) und Brasilia (Mus. Paris). - Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 15:237-350. (distribution); Friese, 1900Friese, H. 1900. Neue Arten der Bienengattungen Epicharis Klug und Centris Fabr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23:39-48. (distribution); Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:63-116. (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); Cockerell, 1928Cockerell, T.D.A. 1928. Bees collected by Nathan Banks in the vicinity of the Panama Canal. Psyche 35:173-181. (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); Snelling, 1966Snelling, R.R. 1966. The taxonomy and nomenclature of some North American bees of the genus Centris with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 112:1-33.:22 ( listed as synonym of Centris inermis gualanensis Cockerell, 1912); Snelling, 1974Snelling, R.R. 1974. Notes on the distribution and taxonomy of some North American Centris (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 259:1-41. (distribution); Snelling, 1984Snelling, R.R. 1984. Studies on the taxonomy and distribution of American Centridine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 347:1-69. (distribution); Ayala, 1988Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493. (distribution); Maes, 1993Maes, J.-M. 1993. Catalogo de los Apoidea (Hymenoptera) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 26:11-30. (distribution); Estrada de Léon & Ayala Barajas, 1995Estrada de Léon, M. & R. Ayala Barajas 1995. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de la Sierra del Tigre, Jalisco. Apicultura Moderna 7:12-24. (distribution); Smith-Pardo, 2003Smith-Pardo, A.H. 2003. A preliminary account of the bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): present knowledge and future directions. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76 (2):335-341. (distribution); Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution). - As Hemisia inermis: - As Hemisia inermis inermis: - Krombein, 1953Krombein, K.V. 1953. The wasps and bees of the Bimini Island Group, Bahamas, British West Indies (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). American Museum Novitates 1633:1-29. (distribution).
Centris poecila segregata Crawford, 1906:159, Vivallo, 2023Vivallo, F. 2023. Taxonomic notes on the primary types of some species of Centris bees described by some entomologists from the Americas (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Iheringia Série Zoologia 113:1-18.:7, Holotype ♀ (NMNH, NMNH ENT 00534215). Synonymized with Centris inermis Friese, 1900 by Snelling, 1984Snelling, R.R. 1984. Studies on the taxonomy and distribution of American Centridine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 347:1-69.:16. - 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 Centris poecila segregatus: - Crawford, 1906Crawford, J.C. 1906. Some Costa Rican bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (2):157-163. (distribution); Vivallo, 2023Vivallo, F. 2023. Taxonomic notes on the primary types of some species of Centris bees described by some entomologists from the Americas (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Iheringia Série Zoologia 113:1-18.:7 ( listed as synonym of Centris varia (Erichson in Schomburgk, 1848)). - As Centris segregata: - Snelling, 1974Snelling, R.R. 1974. Notes on the distribution and taxonomy of some North American Centris (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 259:1-41. (distribution).
Centris inermis gualanensis Cockerell, 1912:568, ♂♀. Holotype ♀, Gualan, Guatemala, Feb. 22-23, 1912 (leg. W.P. Cockerell); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 618:1-47.:10, Holotype ♀ (NMNH). Synonymized with Centris inermis Friese, 1900 by Snelling, 1974Snelling, R.R. 1974. Notes on the distribution and taxonomy of some North American Centris (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 259:1-41.:30. - 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); Michener, 1954Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176. (distribution); Snelling, 1966Snelling, R.R. 1966. The taxonomy and nomenclature of some North American bees of the genus Centris with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 112:1-33. (distribution); Snelling, 1984Snelling, R.R. 1984. Studies on the taxonomy and distribution of American Centridine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 347:1-69.:16 ( listed as synonym of Centris inermis Friese, 1900); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 618:1-47.:10 ( listed as synonym of Centris varia (Erichson in Schomburgk, 1848)). - As Hemisia inermis gualanensis: - Krombein, 1953Krombein, K.V. 1953. The wasps and bees of the Bimini Island Group, Bahamas, British West Indies (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). American Museum Novitates 1633:1-29. (distribution).
Centris bakeri Cockerell, 1912:42, Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 618:1-47.:7, Holotype ♂ (AMNH, AMNH_IZC 00323432). Synonymized with Centris varia (Erichson in Schomburgk, 1848) by Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 618:1-47.:7.
Centris robusta Cockerell, 1949:478, ♂. Holotype ♂, Honduras: Zamorano, February 8, 1947 (U.S.N.M., No. 58886, leg. W. P. Cockerell); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 618:1-47.:12, Holotype ♂ (NMNH, 58886). Synonymized with Centris inermis Friese, 1900 by Snelling, 1984Snelling, R.R. 1984. Studies on the taxonomy and distribution of American Centridine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 347:1-69.:16. - Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 618:1-47.:12 ( listed as synonym of Centris varia (Erichson in Schomburgk, 1848)).
Centris inermis pallidifrons Cockerell, 1949:479, ♂. Holotype ♂, Honduras: Zamorano (U.S.N.M., No. 58887, leg. W. P. Cockerell); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 618:1-47.:11, Holotype ♂ (NMNH, 58887). Synonymized with Centris inermis gualanensis Cockerell, 1912 by Snelling, 1966Snelling, R.R. 1966. The taxonomy and nomenclature of some North American bees of the genus Centris with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 112:1-33.:22. - Snelling, 1974Snelling, R.R. 1974. Notes on the distribution and taxonomy of some North American Centris (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 259:1-41.:30 ( listed as synonym of Centris inermis Friese, 1900); Snelling, 1984Snelling, R.R. 1984. Studies on the taxonomy and distribution of American Centridine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County 347:1-69.:16 ( listed as synonym of Centris inermis Friese, 1900); Vivallo, 2020Vivallo, F. 2020. The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 618:1-47.:11 ( listed as synonym of Centris varia (Erichson in Schomburgk, 1848)). - As Hemisia inermis pallidifrons: - Krombein, 1953Krombein, K.V. 1953. The wasps and bees of the Bimini Island Group, Bahamas, British West Indies (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). American Museum Novitates 1633:1-29. (distribution).

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Area distribution map

map of Centris varia (Erichson in Schomburgk, 1848)

Distribution

ARGArgentina
 (Roig-Alsina, 2000)
BRABrazil
 (Friese, 1900 [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874]; Friese, 1900 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Friese, 1900 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Friese, 1900; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Cockerell, 1949 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Snelling, 1974 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Mahlmann & Oliveira, 2012; Vivallo, 2020 [as Centris bakeri Cockerell, 1912])
COLColombia
 (Friese, 1900 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Snelling, 1974 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Smith-Pardo, 2003 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Vélez, 2012)
CRICosta Rica
 (Crawford, 1906 [as Centris poecila segregatus Crawford, 1906]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Centris poecila segregata Crawford, 1906]; Snelling, 1974 [as Centris segregata Crawford, 1906]; Snelling, 1974 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Maes, 1993 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Vélez, 2012; Vivallo, 2023 [as Centris poecila segregatus Crawford, 1906])
DOMDominican Republic
 (Smith, 1874 [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874]; Cresson, 1879 [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874]; Dalla Torre, 1896 [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874]; Fox, 1899 [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874]; Ashmead, 1900 [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874]; Friese, 1900 [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874]; Friese, 1902 [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874]; Cockerell, 1906 [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874]; Perez-Gelabert, 2020 endemic [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874])
ECUEcuador
 (Vélez, 2012)
GTMGuatemala
 (Cockerell, 1912 [as Centris inermis gualanensis Cockerell, 1912]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Centris inermis gualanensis Cockerell, 1912]; Krombein, 1953 [as Hemisia inermis gualanensis (Cockerell, 1912)]; Snelling, 1974 [as Centris segregata Crawford, 1906]; Snelling, 1974 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Vélez, 2012; Vivallo, 2020 [as Centris inermis gualanensis Cockerell, 1912])
GUYGuyana
 (Schomburgk, 1848; Dalla Torre, 1896; Friese, 1900; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Roig-Alsina, 2000; Vélez, 2012; Vivallo, 2023)
HISHispaniola
 (Genaro, 2007 endemic [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874]; Perez-Gelabert, 2008 endemic [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874])
HNDHonduras
 (Cockerell, 1949 [as Centris robusta Cockerell, 1949]; Cockerell, 1949 [as Centris inermis pallidifrons Cockerell, 1949]; Cockerell, 1949 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Krombein, 1953 [as Hemisia inermis pallidifrons (Cockerell, 1949)]; Snelling, 1966 [as Centris inermis gualanensis Cockerell, 1912]; Snelling, 1974 [as Centris segregata Crawford, 1906]; Vélez, 2012; Vivallo, 2020 [as Centris robusta Cockerell, 1949]; Vivallo, 2020 [as Centris inermis pallidifrons Cockerell, 1949])
HTIHaiti
 (Perez-Gelabert, 2020 endemic [as Centris insularis Smith, 1874])
MEXMexico
 (Friese, 1900 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Cockerell, 1949 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Snelling, 1974 [as Centris segregata Crawford, 1906]; Snelling, 1984 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Maes, 1993 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Vélez, 2012; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900])
MEX-JalMexico - Jalisco
 (Ayala, 1988 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Estrada de Léon & Ayala Barajas, 1995 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900])
MEX-MorMexico - Morelos
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900])
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
 (Cockerell, 1906 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900])
NICNicaragua
 (Maes, 1993 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900])
PANPanama
 (Friese, 1900; Friese, 1900 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Cockerell, 1928 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Krombein, 1953 [as Hemisia inermis inermis (Friese, 1900)]; Michener, 1954; Michener, 1954 [as Centris inermis gualanensis Cockerell, 1912]; Snelling, 1974 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Snelling, 1984 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Vélez, 2012)
PERPeru
 (Friese, 1900; Friese, 1900 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Snelling, 1974 [as Centris inermis Friese, 1900]; Vélez, 2012)
PRYParaguay
 (Vélez, 2012)
SURSuriname
 (Vélez, 2012)
TTOTrinidad and Tobago
 (Snelling, 1974 [as Centris segregata Crawford, 1906]; Starr & Hook, 2003; Vélez, 2012)
VENVenezuela
 (Snelling, 1974 [as Centris segregata Crawford, 1906]; Vélez, 2012)

Literature

  • 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.
  • Ayala, R. 1988. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Chamela, Jalisco, México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 77:395-493.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:63-116.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1912. Descriptions and records of bees.- XLIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8 (9):554-568.
  • 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.
  • Crawford, J.C. 1906. Some Costa Rican bees. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32 (2):157-163.
  • 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.
  • Estrada de Léon, M. & R. Ayala Barajas 1995. Abejas silvestres (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de la Sierra del Tigre, Jalisco. Apicultura Moderna 7:12-24.
  • 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. 1900. Neue Arten der Bienengattungen Epicharis Klug und Centris Fabr. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23:39-48.
  • Friese, H. 1902. Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 1-2:196-201.
  • Genaro, J.A. 2007. Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de la Hispaniola, Antillas. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40:247-254.
  • Krombein, K.V. 1953. The wasps and bees of the Bimini Island Group, Bahamas, British West Indies (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). American Museum Novitates 1633:1-29.
  • 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.
  • Maes, J.-M. 1993. Catalogo de los Apoidea (Hymenoptera) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 26:11-30.
  • Mahlmann, T. & F.F. de Oliveira 2012. A new species of Centris (Centris) (Fabricius) from northeastern Brazil, with taxonomic notes on C. (C.) pulchra Moure, Oliveira & Viana (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 255:49-65.
  • Michener, C.D. 1954. Bees of Panamá. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104 (1):1-176.
  • Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77.
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