Centris (Paracentris) tricolor Friese, 1899
Female of Centris tricolor approaching a flower of Solanum sp. Valle Grande, Jujuy (Photo: L. Alvarez)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Solitary bees, soil excavators
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Catamarca
- Chaco
- Córdoba
- Corrientes
- Entre Ríos
- Formosa
- Jujuy
- La Pampa
- La Rioja
- Mendoza
- Misiones
- Salta
- San Juan
- San Luis
- Santa Fe
- Tucumán
- Uruguay
Other distribution
Brazil and Paraguay
Oil rewarding flowers: Heteropterys hypericifolia A. Juss, Janusia guaranitica (A. St. Hil.) A. Juss and Stigmaphyllon bonariense (Hook. and Arn.) C.E. Anderson (Torretta et al. 2022). Other resources (nectar/pollen): Pontederia cordata L. (Ramello et al. 2021)
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- MARRERO, H. J., TORRETTA, J. P., & MEDAN, D. 2014. Effect of land use intensification on specialization in plant–floral visitor interaction networks in the Pampas of Argentina. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 188, 63-71.
- AVALOS, A.A., MARRERO, H.J., FERRUCCI, M.S. ET AL. . 2021. Stigmas arrangement, reproductive system, and maternal reproductive success in two species of Stigmaphyllon (Malpighiaceae): does pollinator size matter?. Plant. Ecol. 222: 1263-1279
- RAMELLO, P.J., ALVAREZ, L.J., ALMADA, V. AND LUCIA, M. 2021. The melittofauna and its floral associations in a natural riparian forest in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.J. Api. Res, 60(2): 241-254
- 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
- TORRETTA, J. P., MARRERO, H. J., GONZÁLEZ-VAQUERO, R., & GARIBALDI, L. A. 2023. Solitary bees in Pampean agroecosystems: a review about current status of knowledge. Journal of Apicultural Research. 1-20.
