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Parent Taxon

• N/A

Sibling Taxa

• Centris
• Centris caelebs
• Centris californica
• Centris celadonia
• Centris cornuta
• Centris dirrhoda
• Centris elegans
• Centris escomeli
• Centris hyptidis
• Centris insularis
• Centris melanochlaena
• Centris nigrofasciata
• Centris proxima
• Centris rhododelpha
• Centris rhodomelas
• Centris sponsa
• Centris xanthomelaena
• Hemisiella
• Heterocentris
• Melanocentris
• Odontoxys
• Paracentris
• Penthemisia
• Ptilocentris
• Ptilotopus
• Schisthemisia
• Trachina
• Wagenknechtia
• Xanthemisia

Child Taxa

• Centris agameta
• Centris albiceps
• Centris angustifrons
• Centris anomala
• Centris aterrima
• Centris atripes
• Centris burgdorfi
• Centris caesalpiniae
• Centris cockerelli
• Centris cordillerana
• Centris ectypha
• Centris ferrisi
• Centris fisheri
• Centris griseola
• Centris harbisoni
• Centris hoffmanseggiae
• Centris laevibullata
• Centris lanosa
• Centris lyngbyei
• Centris mexicana
• Centris mourei
• Centris neffi
• Centris nigerrima
• Centris nigrocaerulea
• Centris pallida
• Centris rhodopus
• Centris ruthannae
• Centris satana
• Centris tiburonensis
• Centris tricolor
• Centris vanduzeei
• Centris vogeli
• Centris zacateca

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