BEE FAUNA OF INDIA

Ceratina waini (Shiokawa and Sakagami, 1969)

Original Taxonomy

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

Common Name

Wain's Armoured-Small carpenter.

Taxonomic Placement

Apidae:Xylocopinae:Ceratinini

Indian Distribution Map

Distribution

India: [Gujarat?]; Karnataka; Kerala; Maharashtra; Tamil Nadu.

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Other Names

Pithitis waini Shiokawa and Sakagami, 1969.

Behaviour

Nesting: Stems
Sociality: Subsocial

References

Shiokawa, M., and S. F. Sakagami 1969. Additional notes on the genus Pithitis or green metallic small carpenter bees in the Oriental Region, with descriptions of two species from India. Nature and Life in Southeast Asia 6:139-151.