Centris (Trachina) proxima Friese, 1899
Lateral view of female of Centris (Trachina) proxima Friese, 1899
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Solitary bees, soil excavators
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Entre Ríos
- Formosa
- Misiones
- Uruguay
Other distribution
Brazil
Cited as Centrsi fuscata Lepeletier for Argentina
Oil rewarding flowers: Callaeum psilophyllum (A. Juss) D.M. Johnson, Stigmaphyllon bonariense (Hook. and Arn.) C.E. Anderson, Stigmaphyllon jatrophifolium A. Juss (Torretta et al. 2022). Other resources (nectar/pollen): Parkinsonia aculeata L., Senna corymbosa (Lam.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby (Ramello et al. 2021)
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- 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
