Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Carpenter Bees (Xylocopinae) » Small Carpenter Bees (Ceratina) » Subgenus Zadontomerus (Ceratina Subgenus Zadontomerus)

Subgenus Zadontomerus

unknown wasp - Ceratina - male Ceratina calcarata (small carpenter bee) - Ceratina - male Bee - Ceratina Ceratina ? - Ceratina Ceratina sp.? - Ceratina calcarata Blue Halictid - Ceratina Unknown insect - Ceratina Hymenoptera - Ceratina calcarata - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Xylocopinae (Carpenter Bees)
Genus Ceratina (Small Carpenter Bees)
No Taxon Subgenus Zadontomerus
Numbers
20 spp. in our area, 31 spp. total(1)
Range
Canada to Panama; in our area, transcontinental (all 20 spp. occur in the US, 6 range into Canada)(1)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2016) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 19 April, 2008 - 9:55pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 November, 2011 - 11:23am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2017 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by: