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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 Heterocentris (Centris Subgenus Heterocentris) » Centris nitida

Species Centris nitida

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Xylocopa virginica krombeini? - Centris nitida - female Bee or Fly - Centris nitida Bee - Centris nitida - male Bee - Centris nitida - male Centridini? blurry Florida bee - Centris nitida Centridini? blurry Florida bee - Centris nitida Carpenter bee? - Centris nitida - male Bee - Centris nitida
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)
Species nitida (Centris nitida)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Centris nitida Smith 1874
=Centris (Hemesiella) confinis Pérez 1905
Range
s. AZ, s. TX, s. FL - Map (Discover Life)
Remarks
A recent invader to the state of Florida. (1)
Internet References
Discover Life
Encyclopedia of Life
Wild Bees of the NBC
Works Cited
1.Naturalization of the oil collecting bee Centris nitida (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Centrini)...
Pemberton R.W., Liu H. 2008. Florida Entomologist 9: 101-109.
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 15 January, 2009 - 3:18pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, John S. Ascher, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 22 December, 2023 - 9:45pm

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