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Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Centris (Paracentris) - Centris -

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 1, 2007
Size: ~13 mm

Fast fliers, mostly males (yellowish face observable in hover flight, though changed direction too quickly to focus). Together with Valley Carpenter Bees, they were the major visitors in this spectacular Palo Verde triple hybrid (Parkinsidium 'Desert Museum'), in the horticulture section of the gardens.
ID provided by John Ascher (see below).

Postscript, one year later: went to Rancho Santa Ana Bot. Garden today, hoping to find them again. Well, they're flying in the Palo Verde, though I saw only two or three of them.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 3 June, 2007 - 4:51pm
Last updated 21 June, 2014 - 12:11am

Moved

Moved from Subgenus Paracentris.

… John S. Ascher, 21 June, 2014 - 12:11am

Moved

Moved from Centris (Paracentris).

… Beatriz Moisset, 13 January, 2008 - 10:32am

Thanks, Beatriz -

I'm glad you've figured out how to input subgenera when the species isn't clear yet.

… Hartmut Wisch, 13 January, 2008 - 9:42pm

I learned from others

When creating a subgenus you create a "No taxon" and specify: "Subgenus Paracentris" for instance. It was important in this case because the other species that we have: rhodopus also belongs to this subgenus and it was sitting outside of the subgenus.

… Beatriz Moisset, 14 January, 2008 - 7:22am

Thanks,

this is good to know. I had tried with this one but gave up, thinking this system wasn't set up for it.

… Hartmut Wisch, 14 January, 2008 - 10:44am

The system isn't set up!

It is a stop-gap measure, I think. Better than nothing; but I hope that the future Bugguide has a better way. Sometimes subgenera are very needed.
BTW, very nice images of a very interesting insect.

… Beatriz Moisset, 14 January, 2008 - 11:20am

Centris (Paracentris) sensu lato

Xerocentris group (formerly a valid subgenus)

An interesting find. Centris are best known from deserts but a few species range further west towards the coast

… John S. Ascher, 4 June, 2007 - 9:04am

Pallid Centris?

Looks essentially identical to the Centris pallida I find here in Tucson. Possible?

… Eric R. Eaton, 4 June, 2007 - 3:34pm

Its what I was wondering

after receiving John Ascher's ID; there's an illustration in Michener ((1)) of pallida , though only in black and white, but the given size fits. I saw some more today at RSABG, but haven't looked at the pics yet.

… Hartmut Wisch, 4 June, 2007 - 4:18pm

it does indeed look a lot like pallida

however, there are similar species and I need to check occurrence at this far western locality

… John S. Ascher, 25 August, 2007 - 7:20pm

Thanks for the update, John,

I posted another set of photos of this species, taken ~ a week later:

… Hartmut Wisch, 25 August, 2007 - 11:47pm

Thanks, John!

This is interesting, and Rancho Santa Ana Bot. Gardens, with its considerable desert section, provides suitable habitat for fliers chancing by.

… Hartmut Wisch, 4 June, 2007 - 10:23am

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