Centris (Melanocentris) obsoleta Lepeletier, 1841
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Solitary bees, soil excavators
- Argentina
- Corrientes
- Misiones
Other distribution
- Centris pectoralis Burmeister, 1876
- Centris quartinae Gribodo, 1841
- Centris (Melanocentris) obsoleta pleuralis Friese, 1900
- Centris (Melanocentris) furcata friesei Schrottky, 1902
- Hemisia pectoralis clypeata Schrottky, 1908
- Hemisia pectoralis flava Schrottky, 1908
Oil rewarding flowers: Stigmaphyllon bonariense (Hook. and Arn.) C.E. Anderson and Stigmaphyllon jatrophifolium A. Juss (Torretta et al. 2022).
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- VIVALLO, F. 2019. Lectotype designations, taxonomic notes and new synonymies in some species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Amédée Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Zootaxa 4624: 23-40
- VIVALLO, F. 2020c. The species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae) described by Giovanni Gribodo. Rev. Chil. Entomol. 46 (1): 51-59
- VIVALLO, F. 2020e. The species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Curt Schrottky (Hymenoptera: Apidae).
- TORRETTA, J.P., ALISCIONI, S. S., MARRERO, H.J., AVALOS, A. A. 2022. Oil flowers of Malpighiaceae and its oil-collecting bees: loyalty and robbery in a highly specialized system. Apidologie 53: 30
