BEE FAUNA OF INDIA

Ceratina psaenythia Engel, 2018

Original Taxonomy

Original genus: Pithitis
Original specific epithet with original orthography: rufipes

Common Name

Red-legged Armoured-Small carpenter.

Taxonomic Placement

Apidae:Xylocopinae:Ceratinini

Indian Distribution Map

Distribution

India: ?

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Other Names

Pithitis rufipes Hirashima, 1969; Ceratina (Pithitis) rufipes_homonym (Hirashima, 1969); Ceratina (Pithitis) psaenythia Engel, 2018, replacement name.

Behaviour

Nesting: Stems
Sociality: Subsocial

References

Engel, M. S. Replacement names for two small carpenter bees from India (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Ceratina). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 154(4):296-298.