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Centris

(Fabricius, 1804)

[genus]

Classification

tribe: Centridini
Subfamily: Apinae
Family: Apidae
Acritocentris () [subgenus]
Aphemisia () [subgenus]
Centris () [subgenus]
Exallocentris () [subgenus]
Heterocentris () [subgenus]
Melanocentris () [subgenus]
Odontoxys () [Subgenus]
Paracentris () [subgenus]
Penthemisia () [Subgenus]
Ptilocentris () [subgenus]
Ptilotopus () [subgenus]
Relicthemisia () [Subgenus]
Schisthemisia () [subgenus]
Trachina () [subgenus]
Wagenknechtia () [subgenus]
Xanthemisia () [subgenus]
Xerocentris () [subgenus]
  • Centris abdominalis (Friese, 1899)
  • Centris abnoba (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris adani (Cockerell, 1951)
  • Centris adunca (Moure, 2003)
  • Centris aenea (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris aenigmatica (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris aeruginosa (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris aethiocesta (Snelling, 1984)
  • Centris aethiops (Cresson, 1865)
  • Centris aethyctera (Snelling, 1974)
  • Centris agameta (Snelling, 1974)
  • Centris agilis (Smith, 1874)
  • Centris agiloides (Snelling, 1984)
  • Centris agyniax (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris albiceps (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris americana (Klug, 1810)
  • Centris amica (Moure, 1960)
  • Centris analis (Fabricius, 1804)
  • Centris ancashsumaq (Zanella + Vivallo, 2009)
  • Centris angustifrons (Snelling, 1966)
  • Centris anisitsi (Schrottky, 1908)
  • Centris anomala (Snelling, 1966)
  • Centris antheliopoda (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris apache (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris ardesiaca (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris arequipensis (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris arquata (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris aterrima (Smith, 1854)
  • Centris atlantida (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris atra (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris atricolor (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris atripes (Mocsáry, 1899)
  • Centris atriventris (Mocsáry, 1896)
  • Centris atropilosa (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris aurantis (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris aureiventris (Vivallo, Vélez + Fernandez, 2013)
  • Centris auriceps (Vivallo, 2019)
  • Centris auriger (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris bagualis (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris bakeri (Cockerell, 1912)
  • Centris barbadensis (Cockerell, 1939)
  • Centris bicolor (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris bicornuta (Mocsáry, 1899)
  • Centris biguttata (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris bitaeniata (Moure, 2002)
  • Centris boliviensis (Mocsáry, 1899)
  • Centris braccata (Packard, 1869)
  • Centris brasilictis (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris brethesi (Schrottky, 1902)
  • Centris brunnescens (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris buchholzi (Herbst, 1918)
  • Centris burgdorfi (Friese, 1901)
  • Centris byrsonimae (Mahlmann + F. F. Oliveira, 2012)
  • Centris caelebs (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris caesalpiniae (Cockerell, 1897)
  • Centris californica (Timberlake, 1940)
  • Centris caliginosa (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris callospila (Cockerell, 1937)
  • Centris caribensis (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris carolae (Snelling, 1966)
  • Centris carrikeri (Cockerell, 1919)
  • Centris castanicolor (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris catsal (Roig-Alsina, 2000)
  • Centris caurensis (Cockerell, 1919)
  • Centris caxiensis (Ducke, 1907)
  • Centris caymanensis (Vivallo, 2014)
  • Centris cearensis (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris celadonia (Vivallo, Vélez + Fernández, 2016)
  • Centris ceratops (Vélez + Vivallo, 2012)
  • Centris chilensis (Spinola, 1851)
  • Centris chlorura (Cockerell, 1919)
  • Centris chrysitis (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris chrysosticta (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris cineraria (Smith, 1854)
  • Centris cirrhosoma (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris cisnerosi (Cockerell, 1949)
  • Centris claripennis (Friese, 1901)
  • Centris clypeata (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris cockerelli (Fox, 1899)
  • Centris collaris (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris colombicola (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris comonoxa (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris concinna (Smith, 1874)
  • Centris confusa (Moure, 1960)
  • Centris conspersa (Mocsáry, 1899)
  • Centris cordillerana (Roig-Alsina, 2000)
  • Centris cornuta (Cresson, 1865)
  • Centris crassipes (Smith, 1874)
  • Centris cryphia (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris danunciae (Moure, 2002)
  • Centris decipiens (Moure + Seabra, 1960)
  • Centris decolorata (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris decorata (Smith, 1854)
  • Centris deiopeia (Gribodo, 1892)
  • Centris dentata (Smith, 1854)
  • Centris denudans (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris derasa (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris diaguita (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris dichrootricha (Moure, 1945)
  • Centris difformis (Smith, 1854)
  • Centris dimidiata (Olivier, 1789)
  • Centris dirrhoda (Moure, 1960)
  • Centris discolor (Smith, 1874)
  • Centris dixanthozona (Moure + Seabra, 1962)
  • Centris domingensis (Dalla Torre, 1896)
  • Centris dorsata (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris ectypha (Snelling, 1974)
  • Centris eisenii (Fox, 1893)
  • Centris electilis (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris electra (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris elegans (Smith, 1874)
  • Centris ephippia (Smith, 1854)
  • Centris errans (Fox, 1899)
  • Centris erubescens (Friese, 1925)
  • Centris erythrosara (Moure + Seabra, 1960)
  • Centris erythrotricha (Seabra + Moure, 1961)
  • Centris escomeli (Cockerell, 1926)
  • Centris euctenoda (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris euphenax (Cockerell, 1913)
  • Centris euryctenoda (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris eurypatana (Snelling, 1984)
  • Centris fabricii (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris facialis (Mocsáry, 1899)
  • Centris fasciata (Smith, 1854)
  • Centris ferrisi (Cockerell, 1924)
  • Centris ferruginea (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris festiva (Smith, 1854)
  • Centris fisheri (Snelling, 1974)
  • Centris flammigera (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris flavicans (Moure, 2003)
  • Centris flavicollis (Friese, 1924)
  • Centris flavifrons (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Centris flavilabris (Mocsáry, 1899)
  • Centris flavofasciata (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris flavohirta (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris flavomaculata (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris flavopilosa (Friese, 1925)
  • Centris flavothoracica (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris fluminensis (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris fluviatilis (Friese, 1924)
  • Centris frieseana (Moure, 2003)
  • Centris fulva (Friese, 1924)
  • Centris fulviventris (Cresson, 1865)
  • Centris funebris (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris furcata (Fabricius, 1804)
  • Centris fuscata (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris fuscolineata (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris garleppi (Schrottky, 1913)
  • Centris gavisa (Snelling, 1988)
  • Centris gelida (Snelling, 1984)
  • Centris germani (Vivallo, 2021)
  • Centris grenadensis (Cockerell, 1919)
  • Centris griseola (Snelling, 1984)
  • Centris hadrosomma (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Centris harbisoni (Snelling, 1974)
  • Centris heithausi (Snelling, 1974)
  • Centris heterodonta (Cockerell, 1912)
  • Centris hexirrhina (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris hoffmanseggiae (Cockerell, 1897)
  • Centris holomelas (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris horvathi (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris hyptidis (Ducke, 1908)
  • Centris hyptidoides (Roig-Alsina, 2000)
  • Centris ignicans (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris inca (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris infuscata (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris insularis (Smith, 1874)
  • Centris jujuyana (Roig-Alsina, 2000)
  • Centris klugii (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris labiata (Friese, 1904)
  • Centris laevibullata (Snelling, 1966)
  • Centris laevigata (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris langsdorfii (Blanchard, 1840)
  • Centris lanipes (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Centris lanosa (Cresson, 1872)
  • Centris lateritia (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris laticincta (Spinola, 1841)
  • Centris lemniscata (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris leptognatha (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris lilacina (Cockerell, 1919)
  • Centris longimana (Fabricius, 1804)
  • Centris lunulata (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris lurida (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris lutea (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris lyngbyei (Jensen-Haarup, 1908)
  • Centris machadoi (Azevedo + Silveira, 2005)
  • Centris maculifrons (Smith, 1854)
  • Centris maranhensis (Ducke, 1911)
  • Centris mariae (Mocsáry, 1896)
  • Centris marinae (Vivallo, 2021)
  • Centris maroniana (Cockerell, 1917)
  • Centris matoensis (Cockerell, 1919)
  • Centris meaculpa (Snelling, 1984)
  • Centris melampoda (Moure, 2003)
  • Centris melanochlaena (Smith, 1874)
  • Centris melanochroma (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris melanotricha (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris melanoxantha (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris metathoracica (Friese, 1912)
  • Centris mexicana (Smith, 1854)
  • Centris mexicanoides (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris milluni (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris mixta (Friese, 1904)
  • Centris mocsaryi (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris modesta (Smith, 1854)
  • Centris moerens (Perty, 1833)
  • Centris moldenkei (Toro + Chiappa, 1989)
  • Centris mourei (Roig-Alsina, 2000)
  • Centris multistriata (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris muralis (Burmeister, 1876)
  • Centris mystacapnoda (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris nebulosa (Vivallo + Vélez, 2016)
  • Centris neffi (Moure, 2000)
  • Centris neglecta (Vivallo, 2019)
  • Centris nigerrima (Spinola, 1851)
  • Centris nigrescens (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris nigricans (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris nigriventris (Burmeister, 1876)
  • Centris nigrocaerulea (Smith, 1874)
  • Centris nigrofasciata (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris nigrohirta (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris nitens (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris nitida (Smith, 1874)
  • Centris niveiceps (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris niveofasciata (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris nobilis (Westwood, 1840)
  • Centris nordestina (Vivallo + Zanella, 2012)
  • Centris obscurior (Michener, 1954)
  • Centris obsoleta (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris ocellaris (Ducke, 1910)
  • Centris orellanai (Ruiz, 1940)
  • Centris pachysoma (Cockerell, 1919)
  • Centris pallida (Fox, 1899)
  • Centris pectochroma (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris perforator (Smith, 1874)
  • Centris pernigra (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris pleuralis (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris plumbea (Moure, 2002)
  • Centris plumipes (Smith, 1854)
  • Centris poecila (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris politula (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris proxima (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris pulchra (Moure, Oliveira + Viana, 2003)
  • Centris quadrimaculata (Packard, 1869)
  • Centris rasmusseni (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris restrepoi (Moure, 2002)
  • Centris rhodadelpha (Cockerell, 1939)
  • Centris rhodomelas (Timberlake, 1940)
  • Centris rhodophthalma (Pérez, 1911)
  • Centris rhodoprocta (Moure + Seabra, 1960)
  • Centris rhodopus (Cockerell, 1897)
  • Centris rozeni (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris rubripes (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris rufescens (Friese, 1899)
  • Centris rufipes (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris rufohirta (Friese, 1901)
  • Centris rufosuffusa (Cockerell, 1935)
  • Centris rugulosa (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris rupestris (Azevedo + Silveira, 2005)
  • Centris ruthannae (Snelling, 1966)
  • Centris sacsayhuaman (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris satana (Snelling, 1984)
  • Centris scopipes (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris scutellaris (Friese, 1899)
  • Centris scutellata (Friese, 1901)
  • Centris semicaerulea (Smith, 1874)
  • Centris semilabrosa (Cockerell, 1910)
  • Centris sericea (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris sertanicola (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris similis (Fabricius, 1804)
  • Centris simplex (Friese, 1899)
  • Centris singularis (Ducke, 1904)
  • Centris smithiana (Friese, 1901)
  • Centris smithii (Cresson, 1879)
  • Centris spilopoda (Moure, 1969)
  • Centris sponsa (Smith, 1854)
  • Centris superba (Ducke, 1904)
  • Centris tamarugalis (Toro + Chiappa, 1989)
  • Centris tarsata (Smith, 1874)
  • Centris tayabamba (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris tenebrosa (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris terminata (Smith, 1874)
  • Centris testacea (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris tetrazona (Moure + Seabra, 1962)
  • Centris thelyopsis (Vivallo + Melo, 2009)
  • Centris thoracica (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris tiburonensis (Cockerell, 1923)
  • Centris toroi (Zanella, 2002)
  • Centris torquata (Moure + Seabra, 1962)
  • Centris transversa (Pérez, 1905)
  • Centris tricolor (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris trigonoides (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris unicincta (Friese, 1924)
  • Centris unifasciata (Schrottky, 1913)
  • Centris urens (Moure, 2000)
  • Centris vallecaucensis (Vivallo, Vélez + Fernández, 2016)
  • Centris vanduzeei (Cockerell, 1923)
  • Centris vardyorum (Roig-Alsina, 2000)
  • Centris varia (Erichson, 1848)
  • Centris vellutina (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris versicolor (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Centris vidua (Mocsáry, 1899)
  • Centris villosa (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris violacea (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris vittata (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Centris vogeli (Roig-Alsina, 2000)
  • Centris vulnicura (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris vulpecula (Burmeister, 1876)
  • Centris weilenmanni (Friese, 1900)
  • Centris willineri (Moure, 2000)
  • Centris xanthobapta (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris xanthocnemis (Perty, 1833)
  • Centris xanthogastra (Vivallo, 2022)
  • Centris xanthomelaena (Moure + Castro, 2001)
  • Centris xenopoda (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris xochipillii (Snelling, 1984)
  • Centris xylocopoides (Fox, 1899)
  • Centris yawar (Vivallo, 2020)
  • Centris zacateca (Snelling, 1966)
  • Centris zonata (Mocsáry, 1899)
  • Described in


    - Michener, 2000Michener, C. D. (2000): The Bees of the World., p.754

    Studied in


    - Timberlake, 1940Timberlake, P. H. (1940): The genus Centris in California (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)., p.138

    Mentioned in


    Key in


    - Michener, 2000Michener, C. D. (2000): The Bees of the World., p.755