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Subgenus Ceratinula

Small Bee on Poppy - Ceratina arizonensis - female Small Carpenter Bee - Ceratina arizonensis - male Hylaeus? - Ceratina arizonensis Small bee - Ceratina arizonensis Ceratina arizonensis? - Ceratina arizonensis Miniscule Black Bee--Ceratina? - Ceratina Calliopsis? - Ceratina Small carpenter 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 (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Xylocopinae (Carpenter and Small carpenter Bees)
Genus Ceratina (Small Carpenter Bees)
No Taxon Subgenus Ceratinula
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 36 spp. total(1)
Range
neotropical group most diverse in Panama & Costa Rica, with 1 sp. in se. US (to TX) and 1 sp. in sw. US(1)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) 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 - 11:17am

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