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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Centridine Bees (Centridini) » Centris » Subgenus Paracentris (Centris Subgenus Paracentris) » Centris rhodopus
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Centris sp - Centris rhodopus - female
Copyright © 2008 Lynn Monroe

Centris sp - Centris rhodopus - Female
Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
May 9, 2008
Size: BL about 14-16 mm
This red-eyed bee and several others were on Desert Milkweed (Asclepias erosa) growing along the roadside. It is very similar to Centris (Paracentris) ceasalpiniae (Photo # 205899) from Oklahoma that also has red eyes and clypeus. However, this bee has red femora. Is this just a regional difference?

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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 19 September, 2008 - 3:38pm
Last updated 19 September, 2008 - 7:34pm

No.
Not a regional difference, this will be a different species. Wish I could tell you which one, but maybe Dr. Ascher can. Great images!
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 September, 2008 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Centris sp
I just looked up C. caesalpiniae in the Discover life site, and it doesn't seem to reach west to California. One that is in CA is C. rhodopus, which must mean "red feet" or something like that. Possibly this bee?
… Lynn Monroe, 19 September, 2008 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

 
yes!
this is indeed a Centris rhodopus female

it's useful to know Latin
… John S. Ascher, 19 September, 2008 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Centris rhodopus
Thanks so much, Dr. Ascher, for your identification of this very special bee with red eyes. I'm delighted to know its name! And thanks, Eric, for your help and kind comment. Lynn Monroe
… Lynn Monroe, 19 September, 2008 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

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