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Ceratina smaragdula (Fabricius, 1787)

Original Taxonomy

Original genus: Apis
Original specific epithet with original orthography: smaragdula

Common Name

Emerald Armoured-Small carpenter.

Taxonomic Placement

Apidae:Xylocopinae:Ceratinini

Indian Distribution Map

Distribution

India: Karnataka?; Tamil Nadu?
Global: Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Nepal; Malaysia; Singapore; Myanmar; Bermuda; [Burundi]; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; Cambodia; Japan; China; Taiwan; Hong Kong; Philippines; Indonesia; [Java]; Sumatra; Lebanon.

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Other Names

Apis smaragdula Fabricius, 1787; Megilla smaragdula Fabricius, 1804; Ceratina maculata Smith, 1854; Ceratina sexmaculata Smith, 1879; Ceratina sexmaculata var. wallacei Cockerell, 1905; Ceratina sexmaculata var. purpurascens Cockerell, 1911; Ceratina comberi Cockerell, 1911; Ceratina sexmaculata var. aurata Friese, 1909; Pithitis (Pithitis) smaragdula (Fabricius, 1787); Ceratina (Pithitis) smaragdula aurata Friese, 1909, valid subspecies.

Behaviour

Nesting: Pithy stems or cavity
Sociality: Subsocial

References

Fabricius, J. C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum: sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Hafniae: Proft 1:xx + 348 pp.