A new species of Centris (Paracentris) Cameron, 1903 from northeastern Brazil, with a key for the Centris species of the Caatinga region (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

作者：Vivallo Felipe^*; Vieira Zanella Fernando Cesar

来源：Zootaxa, 2012, 3298(3298): 1-16.

DOI：10.11646/zootaxa.3298.1.1

• Bees
• Apoidea
• Neotropical
• Taxonomy

Centris (Paracentris) Cameron is one of the subgenera with the greatest species richness of the bee tribe Centridini. In this paper, Centris nordestina, a new Brazilian species of the subgenus is described, and due to its close relationship with a clade of Andean species, a new biogeographical track is defined uniting northeastern Brazil with the Andes. For the first time a key for the species of the Caatinga region, the semiarid region of northeastern Brazil, is provided.

• 出版日期2012-5-3