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Species Centris pallida

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees)
Tribe Centridini (Centridine Bees)
Genus Centris
No Taxon (Subgenus Paracentris)
Species pallida (Centris pallida)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly placed in subgenus Xerocentris
Explanation of Names
from the Latin pallida ('pallid, pale')
Range
Food
Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.
Remarks
"puts on spectacular displays of mating behavior in the spring around nests in desert washes in Arizona" (Fact sheet)
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