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.
