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Centris
The genus Centris contains circa 250 species of large apid bees occurring in the Neotropical and Nearctic regions, from Kansas to Argentina. Most females of these bees possess adaptations for carrying floral oils rather than (or in addition to) pollen or nectar. They visit mainly plants of the family Malpighiaceae to collect oil, but also Plantaginaceae, Calceolariaceae, Krameriaceae and others. Recent studies have shown they are sister to the corbiculate bees, the most well-known and economically...
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Paracentris
subgenusParacentris
Centris
subgenusCentris
Hemisiella
subgenusHemisiella
Heterocentris
subgenusHeterocentris
Trachina
subgenusTrachina
Penthemisia
subgenusPenthemisia
Melanocentris
subgenusMelanocentris
Ptilotopus
subgenusPtilotopus
Wagenknechtia
subgenusWagenknechtia
Ptilocentris
subgenusPtilocentris
Aphemisia
subgenusAphemisia
Xanthemisia
subgenusXanthemisia
Schisthemisia
subgenusSchisthemisia
Odontoxys
subgenusOdontoxys
Relicthemisia
subgenusRelicthemisia
Centris rufipes
speciesCentris rufipes
Anisoctenodes
subgenusAnisoctenodes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 174417.