Latitudinal range: 8.8° to 32.0°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), desert/xeric shrubland (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

Found in 5 samples

Costa Rica: San Vito, Liberia

Mexico: Mapimí Biosphere Reserve (nectarful trees, 1994)

United States: Cienega Ranch

Venezuela: Camburito

See also Centris adani, Centris aethyctera, Centris agiloides, Centris analis, Centris bicornuta, Centris dichootricha, Centris flavifrons, Centris heithausi, Centris inermis, Centris rhodopus, Centris sp. 1, Centris trigonoides