Centris (Fabricius 1804), Centris Bees ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Genus

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Taxonomy of Genus Centris Fabricius, 1804
Centris Bees

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	3816 189502 2439455	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	3399 186457 2415487	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	1891 142849 2048615	Families Genera Species
Order	Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps	319 21125 328720	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Apocrita Gerstaecker, 1867 Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps	165 17348 314830	Families Genera Species
Infraorder	Aculeata Latreille, 1802 Stinging wasps	62 6400 167168	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Apoidea Latreille, 1802 Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees	23 2371 70836	Families Genera Species
Group	Apiformes Brothers, 1975 Bees	11 1621 47904	Families Genera Species
Family	Apidae Latreille, 1802 Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees	464 16456	Genera Species
Subfamily	Apinae Latreille, 1802 Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees	219 11594	Genera Species
Supertribe	Apiti Latreille, 1802	41 4003	Genera Species
Tribe	Centridini Moure, 1945 Centridine Bees	5 609	Genera Species
Genus	Centris Fabricius, 1804 Centris Bees	538	Species

Subnodes of Centris Fabricius, 1804

Subgenus	Centris (Aphemisia) Ayala, 2002	0	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Centris) Fabricius, 1804 Centris Bees	38	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Cyanocentris) Friese, 1900	0	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Exallocentris) Snelling, 1974 ⇒ Centris	0	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Hemisiella) Moure, 1945	3	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Heterocentris) Cockerell, 1899	17	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Malacentris)	2	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Melacentris) Moure, 1996	27	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Melanocentris) Friese, 1900	0	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Paracentris) Cameron, 1903 ⇒ Centris	28	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Penthemisia) Moure, 1950 ⇒ Centris	3	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Poecilocentris) Friese, 1900	0	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Ptilocentris) Snelling, 1984 ⇒ Centris	3	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Ptiloptis)	3	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Ptilopus) Klug, 1810	1	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Ptilotopus) Klug, 1810	6	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Schisthemisia) Ayala, 2002	0	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Trachina) Klug, 1807	8	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Wagenknechtia) Moure, 1950	5	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Xanthemesia)	6	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Xanthemisia) Moure, 1945	1	Species
Subgenus	Centris (Xerocentris) Snelling, 1974 ⇒ Centris	0	Species
Species	Centris abdominalis Friese, 1899
Species	Centris abnoba Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris acraensis Fabricius, 0
Species	Centris adunca Moure, 2003
Species	Centris aeneiventris Mocsáry, 1899
Species	Centris aenigmatica Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris aeruginosa Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris agameta Snelling, 1974
Species	Centris agyniax Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris albiceps Friese, 1899
Species	Centris americanorum Smith, 1874
Species	Centris amica Moure, 1960 Little black ant
Species	Centris ancashsumaq Zanella & Vivallo, 2009
Species	Centris angustifrons Snelling, 1966
Species	Centris anisitsi Schrottky, 1908
Species	Centris anomala Snelling, 1966
Species	Centris antheliopoda Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris anthracina Snelling, 1966
Species	Centris apache Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris apiformis Smith, 1874
Species	Centris ardens Smith, 1874
Species	Centris ardesiaca Friese, 1900
Species	Centris arequipensis Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris armillata Cresson, 1869
Species	Centris arquata Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris atlantida Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris atra Friese, 1900
Species	Centris atriceps Friese, 1924
Species	Centris atricolor Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris atropilosa Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris aurantis Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris aureiventris Vivallo, Velez & Fernandez, 2013
Species	Centris auriceps Vivallo, 2019
Species	Centris auriger Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris aymara Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris baccharis Friese, 1901
Species	Centris bagualis Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris bakerella Friese, 1913
Species	Centris bakeri Cockerell, 1912
Species	Centris bicincta Fabricius, 1793
Species	Centris bicolorella Cockerell, 1904
Species	Centris bicornuta Mocsáry, 1899
Species	Centris bifrons Fabricius, 1804
Species	Centris biguttata Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris bimaculata Lepeletier, 1841	2	Subspecies
Species	Centris birkmannii Friese, 1900
Species	Centris bitaeniata Moure, 2002
Species	Centris boliviensis Mocsáry, 1899
Species	Centris braccata Packard, 1869 Woodland strawberry
Species	Centris brasilictis Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris brethesi Schrottky, 1902
Species	Centris breviceps Friese, 1900
Species	Centris brunnescens Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris bucephala Friese, 1900
Species	Centris buchholzi Herbst, 1918
Species	Centris byrsonimae Mahlmann & Oliveira, 2012
Species	Centris caliginosa Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris callospila Cockerell, 1937
Species	Centris calloxantha Cockerell, 1919
Species	Centris caribensis Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris carolae Snelling, 1966
Species	Centris castanicolor Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris catsal Roig-Alsina, 2000
Species	Centris caurensis Cockerell, 1919
Species	Centris caxiensis Ducke, 1907
Species	Centris caymanensis Vivallo, 2014
Species	Centris cearensis Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris celadonia Vivallo, Vélez & Fernández, 2016
Species	Centris ceratocephala Cockerell, 1912
Species	Centris ceratops Vélez & Vivallo, 2012
Species	Centris chera Moure, 1942
Species	Centris chlorogaster Illiger, 1806
Species	Centris chlorura Cockerell, 1919
Species	Centris chrysitis Lepeletier, 1841
Species	Centris chrysosticta Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris cilipes Fabricius, 1804
Species	Centris cincta Fabricius, 1781
Species	Centris cingulata Fabricius, 1804
Species	Centris cirrhosoma Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris cisnerosi Cockerell, 1949
Species	Centris citrotaeniata Gribodo, 1894
Species	Centris claripennis Friese, 1901
Species	Centris clavipes Fabricius, 1804
Species	Centris clypeata Lepeletier, 1841
Species	Centris collaris Lepeletier, 1841	1	Subspecies
Species	Centris colombicola Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris comonoxa Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris concinna Smith, 1874 Arnold's dogwood
Species	Centris confinis Pérez, 1905
Species	Centris confusa Moure, 1960
Species	Centris conica Packard, 1869 ⇒ Centris (Centris) varia	1	Subspecies
Species	Centris cordillerana Roig-Alsina, 2000
Species	Centris cornuta Cresson, 1865 Winged surfclam
Species	Centris costaricensis Crawford, 1907	1	Subspecies
Species	Centris cryphia Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris danunciae Moure, 2002
Species	Centris dasypoda Klug, 1807
Species	Centris dasypus Illiger, 1806
Species	Centris debilis Dominique, 1898
Species	Centris decipiens Moure & Seabra, 1960
Species	Centris decorata Smith, 1854
Species	Centris deiopeia Gribodo, 1891
Species	Centris dejeani Friese, 1901	1	Subspecies
Species	Centris dentipes Smith, 1874
Species	Centris denudans Lepeletier, 1841	1	Subspecies
Species	Centris diaguita Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris dimidiata Olivier, 1789
Species	Centris dirrhoda Moure, 1960
Species	Centris disclusa Cockerell, 1922
Species	Centris discolor Smith, 1874 Arnold's dogwood
Species	Centris dixanthozona Moure & Seabra, 1962
Species	Centris domingensis Dalla Torre, 1896
Species	Centris dominiquella Dominique, 1898
Species	Centris dorsata Lepeletier, 1841	1	Subspecies
Species	Centris duckei Friese, 1901
Species	Centris durantae Cockerell, 1951
Species	Centris ectypha Snelling, 1974
Species	Centris ehrhardti Schrottky, 1902
Species	Centris eiseni Fox, 1894
Species	Centris electilis Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris electra Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris emarginata Lepeletier, 1841
Species	Centris ephippia Smith, 1854
Species	Centris erubescens Snelling, 1974
Species	Centris erythrosara Moure & Seabra, 1960
Species	Centris erythrotricha Seabra & Moure, 1961
Species	Centris euctenoda Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris euphenax Cockerell, 1913
Species	Centris euryctenoda Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris eurypatana Snelling, 1984
Species	Centris fabricii Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris facialis Mocsáry, 1899
Species	Centris fasciatella Friese, 1901
Species	Centris femoralis Friese, 1900
Species	Centris ferrisi Cockerell, 1924
Species	Centris ferruginea Lepeletier, 1841
Species	Centris fisheri Snelling, 1974
Species	Centris flammigera Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris flavicans Moure, 2003
Species	Centris flavicollis Friese, 1924
Species	Centris flaviventris Friese, 1901
Species	Centris flavohirta Friese, 1900
Species	Centris flavomaculata Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris flavopicta Smith, 1854
Species	Centris flavopilosa Friese, 1925 Southwestern Virginia cave amphipod
Species	Centris flavothoracica Friese, 1899
Species	Centris fluminensis Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris fluviatilis Friese, 1924
Species	Centris foxi Friese, 1901
Species	Centris frieseana Moure, 2003
Species	Centris friesei Crawford, 1906
Species	Centris fulva Friese, 1924
Species	Centris fulviventris Mocsáry, 1896 Winged surfclam
Species	Centris funebris Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris furcata Fabricius, 1804 Hairy cockle	1	Subspecies
Species	Centris fuscolineata Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris garleppi Schrottky, 1913
Species	Centris gavisa Snelling, 1988
Species	Centris gelida Snelling, 1984
Species	Centris geminata Cockerell, 1914
Species	Centris germani Vivallo, 2021
Species	Centris gracilis Friese, 1901
Species	Centris grenadensis Cockerell, 1919
Species	Centris griseola Snelling, 1984
Species	Centris hadrosomma Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris harbisoni Snelling, 1974
Species	Centris heterodonta Cockerell, 1912
Species	Centris hexirrhina Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris holomelas Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris hoplopoda Moure, 1943
Species	Centris hyptidis Ducke, 1908
Species	Centris hyptidoides Roig-Alsina, 2000
Species	Centris ignicans Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris ignita Smith, 1874
Species	Centris inca Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris infuscata Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris insularis Smith, 1874 Arnold's dogwood
Species	Centris intermixta Friese, 1900
Species	Centris jujuyana Roig-Alsina, 2000
Species	Centris klugii Friese, 1900
Species	Centris labrosa Friese, 1900	1	Subspecies
Species	Centris laevibullata Snelling, 1966
Species	Centris laevigata Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris langsdorfii Blanchard, 1840
Species	Centris langsdorsii Blanchard, 1840
Species	Centris lateritia Friese, 1899
Species	Centris laticincta Spinola, 1841
Species	Centris lemniscata Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris lepeletieri Cockerell, 1912
Species	Centris leptognatha Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris libertatis Cockerell, 1912
Species	Centris limbata Friese, 1900
Species	Centris lineolata Lepeletier, 1841	1	Subspecies
Species	Centris lunulata Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris lurida Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris lynchi Schrottky, 1902
Species	Centris lyngbyei Jensen-Haarup, 1908
Species	Centris machadoi Azevedo & Silveira, 2005
Species	Centris maculata Lepeletier, 1841	1	Subspecies
Species	Centris maculifrons Smith, 1854
Species	Centris maerens Friese, 1924	3	Subspecies
Species	Centris marginata Fox, 1899
Species	Centris mariae Mocsáry, 1896
Species	Centris marinae Vivallo, 2021
Species	Centris maroniana Cockerell, 1917
Species	Centris matoensis Cockerell, 1919
Species	Centris melampoda Moure, 2003
Species	Centris melanchlaena Smith, 1874
Species	Centris melanochlaena Smith, 1874 Arnold's dogwood
Species	Centris melanochroma Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris melanosara Moure, 2003 ⇒ Centris discolor
Species	Centris melanotricha Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris melanoxantha Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris metathoracica Friese, 1912
Species	Centris mexicanoides Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris milluni Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris minima Friese, 1904
Species	Centris minor Friese, 1900
Species	Centris minuta Mocsáry, 1899
Species	Centris mixta Friese, 1904	1	Subspecies
Species	Centris modesta Smith, 1854
Species	Centris moerens Perty, 1833
Species	Centris moldenkei Toro & Chiappa, 1989
Species	Centris montezuma Cresson, 1879
Species	Centris morsei Cockerell, 1897
Species	Centris mourei Roig-Alsina, 2000
Species	Centris multistriata Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris mustelina Fox, 1893
Species	Centris mystacapnoda Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris nebulosa Vivallo & Vélez, 2016
Species	Centris neffi Moure, 2000
Species	Centris neglecta Vivallo, 2019
Species	Centris nigrescens Lepeletier, 1841
Species	Centris nigricans Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris nigrilabris
Species	Centris nigripes Friese, 1900
Species	Centris nigrita Schrottky, 1907	1	Subspecies
Species	Centris nigrohirta Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris niveiceps Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris niveofasciata Friese, 1899
Species	Centris nordestina Vivallo & Zanella, 2012
Species	Centris nudipes Burmeister, 1876
Species	Centris obscuriventris Friese, 1900
Species	Centris ocellaris Ducke, 1910
Species	Centris ogilviei Cockerell, 1936
Species	Centris orellanai Ruiz, 1940
Species	Centris otomita Cresson, 1879
Species	Centris pachysoma Cockerell, 1919
Species	Centris pandora Friese, 1901
Species	Centris pauloensis Friese, 1900
Species	Centris pectochroma Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris pediculana Fabricius, 1804
Species	Centris perforator Smith, 1874 Arnold's dogwood
Species	Centris pernigra Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris personata Smith, 1874
Species	Centris petreae Cockerell, 1951	1	Subspecies
Species	Centris picea Lepeletier, 1841
Species	Centris picta Smith, 1874
Species	Centris pleuralis Friese, 1900
Species	Centris plumbea Moure, 2002
Species	Centris pocograndensis Schrottky, 1902 ⇒ Centris collaris
Species	Centris politula Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris proserpina Gribodo, 1892
Species	Centris proxima Friese, 1899
Species	Centris pseudoephippia Friese, 1900
Species	Centris pulchra Moure, Oliveira & Viana, 2003
Species	Centris pulverata Lepeletier, 1841
Species	Centris quadrimaculata Packard, 1869 Woodland strawberry	5	Subspecies
Species	Centris quartinae Gribodo, 1891 ⇒ Centris (Melacentris) obsoleta
Species	Centris rasmusseni Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris restrepoi Moure, 2002
Species	Centris rhododelpha
Species	Centris rhodoleuca Cockerell, 1923
Species	Centris rhodomelas Timberlake, 1940
Species	Centris rhodophthalma Perez, 1911
Species	Centris rhodophus
Species	Centris rhodoprocta Moure & Seabra, 1960
Species	Centris robusta Cockerell, 1951
Species	Centris rozeni Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris ruae Cockerell, 1951
Species	Centris rubripes Friese, 1899
Species	Centris rufa Lepeletier, 1841
Species	Centris rufescens Friese, 1899
Species	Centris ruficauda Friese, 1900
Species	Centris rufipes Friese, 1899
Species	Centris rufohirta Friese, 1900
Species	Centris rufomaculata Cockerell, 1951
Species	Centris rufulina Cockerell, 1937
Species	Centris rugulosa Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris rupestris Azevedo & Silveira, 2005
Species	Centris rustica Friese, 1901	2	Subspecies
Species	Centris ruthannae Snelling, 1966
Species	Centris sacsayhuaman Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris saropus Illiger, 1806
Species	Centris satana Snelling, 1984
Species	Centris scapulata Lepeletier, 1841
Species	Centris schwarzi Cockerell, 1919
Species	Centris schwarzii
Species	Centris scutellaris Friese, 1899
Species	Centris scutellata Friese, 1901
Species	Centris scutellosa Friese, 1924
Species	Centris segregata Crawford, 1906
Species	Centris semilabrosa Cockerell, 1910
Species	Centris semimurinus Cockerell, 1919
Species	Centris sericea Friese, 1899
Species	Centris sertanicola Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris simillima Smith, 1874 ⇒ Centris (Hemisiella) lanipes
Species	Centris simplex Friese, 1899
Species	Centris singularis Ducke, 1904
Species	Centris smaragdina Perty, 1833
Species	Centris spilopoda Moure, 1969 Alabama well amphipod, Alabama well stygobromid
Species	Centris strawi Snelling, 1966
Species	Centris subhyalina Fox, 1899
Species	Centris superba Ducke, 1904
Species	Centris tabaniformis Fabricius, 1804
Species	Centris tamarugales
Species	Centris tamarugalis Toro & Chiappa, 1989
Species	Centris tayabamba Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris tenebrosa Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris tetrazona Moure & Seabra, 1962
Species	Centris thelyopsis Vivallo & Melo, 2009
Species	Centris thoracica Lepeletier, 1841
Species	Centris tibialis Fabricius, 1804
Species	Centris toroi Zanella, 2002
Species	Centris torquata Moure & Seabra, 1962
Species	Centris totonaca Cresson, 1879
Species	Centris triangulifera Cockerell, 1951
Species	Centris trichosoma Cockerell, 1923
Species	Centris umbraculata Fabricius, 1804	1	Subspecies
Species	Centris unicincta Friese, 1924
Species	Centris unifasciata Schrottky, 1913
Species	Centris urens Moure, 2000
Species	Centris vallecaucensis Vivallo, Vélez & Fernández, 2016
Species	Centris vanduzeei Cockerell, 1923
Species	Centris vardyorum Roig-Alsina, 2000
Species	Centris variabilis Friese, 1901
Species	Centris vellutina Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris venezolana Schrottky, 1913
Species	Centris villosa Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris violacea Lepeletier, 1841
Species	Centris vogeli Roig-Alsina, 2000
Species	Centris vulivatilis Friese, 1924
Species	Centris vulnicura Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris weilenmanni Friese, 1900
Species	Centris willineri Moure, 2000
Species	Centris wilmattae Cockerell, 1926
Species	Centris xanthobapta Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris xanthocnemis Perty, 1833	3	Subspecies
Species	Centris xanthogastra Vivallo, 2022
Species	Centris xanthomelaena Moure & Castro, 2001
Species	Centris xanthosara Moure, 2002 ⇒ Centris (Melacentris) plumipes
Species	Centris xenopoda Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris xochipillii Snelling, 1984
Species	Centris xylocopoides Fox.This, 1899
Species	Centris yawar Vivallo, 2020
Species	Centris zamoranensis Cockerell, 1949
Species	Centris zonalis Dominique, 1899
Species	Centris zonata Mocsáry, 1899

Synonyms

Acritocentris (Snelling, 1974)

Centris (Exallocentris) (Snelling, 1974)

Centris (Paracentris) (Cameron, 1903)

Centris (Penthemisia) (Moure, 1950)

Centris (Ptilocentris) (Snelling, 1984)

Centris (Xerocentris) (Snelling, 1974)

Exallocentris (Snelling, 1974)

Hemisia (Klug, 1807)

Hemisiella (Moure, 1945)

Heterocentris (Cockerell, 1899)

Melanocentris (Friese, 1900)

Paracentris (Cameron, 1903)

Penthemisia (Moure, 1950)

Ptilocentris (Snelling, 1984)

Rhodocentris (Friese, 1900)

Trachina (Klug, 1807)

Trichocentris (Snelling, 1956)

Xanthemisia (Moure, 1945)

Xerocentris (Snelling, 1974)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Centris

English

Centris Bees

Distribution of Centris Fabricius, 1804

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Liberia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Republic South Africa, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

Ecozone

River, Riversides

Links, sources and further information

Centris at gbif.org
Centris at irmng.org
Centris at itis.gov