Centris (Xanthemisia) bicolor Lepeletier, 1841
Lateral view of female of Centris (Xanthemisia) bicolor Lepeletier, 1841 (Photo: L. Alvarez)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Solitary bees that nest in preexisting cavities
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Entre Ríos
- Misiones
Other distribution
Brazil, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay and Peru
- Centris calloxantha Cockerell, 1919
Oil rewarding flowers: Stigmaphyllon bonariense (Hook. and Arn.) C.E. Anderson, Stigmaphyllon jatrophifolium A. Juss (Torretta et al. 2022)
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- 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
- 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. 2020d. The bees of the genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Eur. J. Entomol. 618: 1-47
- 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
