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Species Centris caesalpiniae

Red-eyed Bumblebee - Centris caesalpiniae - female

Large, unfamiliar bee-Protoxaea? - Centris caesalpiniae

Red Eyed Bumble Bee? - Centris caesalpiniae

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 caesalpiniae (Centris caesalpiniae)

Explanation of Names

named after the plant genus Caesalpinia L.

Range

Discover Life Map

Food

The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.

Internet References

Discover Life

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 12 August, 2008 - 12:47pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 14 August, 2021 - 7:06pm

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