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
References
JENSEN-HAARUP, A. C. 1908a. Biological researches amongst the Argentine bees with special reference to flowers they visit. Flora Fauna 10: 95-107
JENSEN-HAARUP, A. C. . 1908b.Hoffmanseggia falcaria, Cav., and its visitors amongst bees. Flora Fauna 10: 108-111.
ROIG-ALSINA, A. 2000. Claves para las especies argentinas de Centris (Hymenoptera, Apidae), con descripción de nuevas especies y notas sobre distribución. Rev. Mus. Argent. Cienc. Nat. (n.s.) 2 (2): 171-193
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
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.