Centris Cockerelli
''Centris cockerelli'' is a species in the family Apidae ("cuckoo, carpenter, digger, bumble, and honey bees"), in the order Hymenoptera ("ants, bees, wasps and sawflies"). The distribution range of ''Centris cockerelli'' includes Central America and North America. Phylogeny and classification of Hymenoptera, Sharkey M.J. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera, Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112. References Further reading * External links * Apinae Insects described in 1899 {{Apinae-stub ...
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Apinae
The Apinae are the subfamily that includes the majority of bees in the family Apidae. It includes the familiar "pollen basket, corbiculate" (pollen basket) bees—bumblebees, honey bees, euglossini, orchid bees, stingless bees, and the extinct genus ''Euglossopteryx''. It also includes all but two of the groups (excluding Nomadinae and Xylocopinae) that were previously classified in the family Anthophoridae. Most species in the subfamily (other than honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees) are solitary, though several of the Tribe (biology), tribes are entirely kleptoparasite, kleptoparasitic, such as the Ericrocidini, Isepeolini, Melectini, Osirini, Protepeolini, and Rhathymini. Behaviors Certain behaviors are known from members of the Apinae that are rarely seen in other bees, including the habit of males forming "sleeping aggregations" on vegetation - several males gathering on a single plant in the evening, grasping a plant with their jaws and resting there through the nig ...
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