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Species Ceratina arizonensis - Arizona Ceratina

Reality check: Small carpenter bee? - Ceratina arizonensis Hylaeus? - Ceratina arizonensis Small Carpenter Bee - Ceratina arizonensis - male Ceratina arizonensis? - Ceratina arizonensis - female Little bee on Buckwheat - Ceratina arizonensis Tiny bee on Scale-Broom - Ceratina arizonensis Hylaeus? - Ceratina arizonensis - male Small bee - Ceratina arizonensis - 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 Ceratinula)
Species arizonensis (Arizona Ceratina)
Range
se. US to C. America; adventive in HI & Midway Is. (map)(1)
Food
The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known associations based on specimen records and images.
Internet References
Discover Life
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2016) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 7 February, 2007 - 1:58pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, v belov, H. Go
Last updated 6 March, 2014 - 8:49pm

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