BEE FAUNA OF INDIA

Ceratina binghami Cockerell, 1908

Original Taxonomy

Original genus: Ceratina
Original subgenus: (Pithitis)
Original specific epithet with original orthography: binghami

Common Name

Bingham's Armoured-Small carpenter.

Taxonomic Placement

Apidae:Xylocopinae:Ceratinini

Indian Distribution Map

Distribution

India: Karnataka; Maharashtra; West Bengal.
Global: Sri Lanka; Nepal.

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Other Names

Apis aenea_homonym Fabricius, 1798, possible synonym; Ceratina viridissima_homonym Bingham, 1897; Pithitis sympatrica Shiokawa and Sakagami, 1969.

Behaviour

Nesting: Stems
Sociality: Subsocial

References

Cockerell, T. D. A. 1908. Descriptions and records of bees.—XIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History [8]1:337-344.