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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 Paracentris (Centris Subgenus Paracentris) » Centris hoffmanseggiae
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Centris (Paracentris) sensu lato - Centris hoffmanseggiae - male
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Monroe

Centris (Paracentris) sensu lato - Centris hoffmanseggiae - Male
Borrego Springs, San Diego County, California, USA
May 4, 2008
Size: BL up to 18 mm?
This large bee, which appears to be a Centris female, was visiting a large Mexican Palo Verde in full bloom that was swarming with many bees and wasps on Henderson Canyon Road in Borrego Springs. It has a white clypeus. Could this be the female Centris cockerelli?
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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 1 July, 2009 - 6:09pm
Last updated 19 April, 2010 - 1:10pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Paracentris.
… John S. Ascher, 19 April, 2010 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

Centris male
subgenus Paracentris sensu lato
… John S. Ascher, 1 July, 2009 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Centris (Paracentris) sp male
I appreciate your identifying this Centris to subgenus. I'll check into possibilities in California. There aren't all that many and we already have four species identified! Thank you so much, Dr. Ascher.
… Lynn Monroe, 1 July, 2009 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

 
I believe this is C. hoffmannseggiae
John
… John S. Ascher, 19 April, 2010 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

 
C. hoffmannseggiae
Thanks so much, Dr. Ascher, for your species identification of this unusual and distinctive bee. It is much appreciated.
… Lynn Monroe, 21 April, 2010 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

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