Centris Xanthemisia
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Description
The subgenus Centris (Xanthemisia) in the Caribbean islands
According to Pérez-Gelabert (2008), the only species of Centris (Xanthemisia) that occurs in the Caribbean islands is C. aethiops. The distribution records of this species are abundant in the literature (Cresson, 1865, 1869, 1916; Ashmead, 1900; Friese, 1900, 1902; Cockerell, 1906; Lutz & Cockerell, 1920; Snelling, 1966; Genaro, 2007, 2008), being cited repeatedly by almost all the authors who have studied bees in this region. Other species that have been cited for these islands are Centris armillata, correctly synonymized with C. aethiops by Snelling (1966) and C. domingensis, which has had a confusing taxonomic treatment in the latest publications concerning this region (Genaro, 2007, 2008; Pérez-Gelabert, 2008).
The study of specimens housed in some of the main entomological collections of Neotropical bees (listed in Material and Methods), along with the study of type specimens, resulted in the identification of three species of Centris (Xanthemisia) occurring in the Caribbean islands, including one previously unknown to science. The recognized species are C. aethiops, C. domingensis, the latter being removed from the synonymy of C. analis proposed by Pérez-Gelabert (2008), and C. caymanensis, a new species from the Cayman Islands, Lesser Antilles.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Apidae
- Genus
- Centris
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Xanthemisia
- Taxon rank
- genus
References
- Perez-Gelabert, D. E. (2008) Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti). Zootaxa, 1831, 1 - 530.
- Cresson, E. T. (1865) On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 4, 1 - 200.
- Cresson, E. T. (1869) Notes on Cuban Hymenoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 2, 293 - 298.
- Cresson, E. T. (1916) The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 1, 1 - 141.
- Ashmead, W. M. H. (1900) Report upon the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 2, 207 - 367. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1900. tb 02379. x
- Friese, H. (1900) Monographie der Bienengattung Centris (s. lat.). Annalen des K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums (Wien), 15, 236 - 350.
- Friese, H. (1902) Beitrag zur Apidenfauna der grossen Antillen. (Hym). Zeitschrift fur Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 2, 196 - 201.
- Cockerell, T. D. A. (1906) The North American bees of the family Anthophoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 32, 63 - 116.
- Lutz, F. E. & Cockerell, T. D. A. (1920) Notes on distribution and bibliography of North American bees of the families Apidae, Meliponidae, Bombidae, Euglossidae, and Anthophoridae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 42, 491 - 641.
- Snelling, R. R. (1966) The taxonomy and nomenclature of some North American bees of the genus Centris with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County, 112, 1 - 33.
- Genaro, J. A. (2007) Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de La Hispaniola, Antillas. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, 40, 247 - 254.
- Genaro, J. A. (2008) Origins, composition and distribution of the bees of Cuba (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophila). Insecta Mundi, 52, 1 - 16.