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Subgenus Heterocentris

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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 Heterocentris
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 22 spp. total(1)
Size
9-19 mm
Identification
Metasoma often red. Unique features are (1) some scopal hairs, especially near the base of the tibia, that are simple (they are plumose in other subgenera); and (2) a groove on the inner ventral edge of the front coxa.(2)
Range
Neotropical group ranging into FL & AZ(1). 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
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
2.The Bees of the World
Charles Duncan Michener. 2000. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 15 January, 2009 - 3:18pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, v belov, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 14 August, 2021 - 7:05pm

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