Ceratina cucurbitina
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Ceratina cucurbitina is a bee from the family of Apidae .
features
The bees have a body length of 6 to 8 millimeters (females) or 5 to 7 millimeters (males). The body of the females is black. The front plate ( clypeus ), the calli and the splints ( tibia ) are spotted white at the base. The mesonotum is largely unpunctured and smooth. The silky, shiny, horizontal surface of the propodeum is almost as long as the scutellum and rounded at the back. The sixth, saddled tergite lacks the longitudinal ridge. The males look similar to the females, but their labrum has a white spot. The seventh tergite is broadly truncated and has a small tooth on each side. The base of the thighs ( femora ) of the hind legs is flat on the underside and short in the middle, long and densely hairy on the outside.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is widespread in northwest Africa, southern Europe, central Central Europe and Turkey. The animals fly from mid-February to late October. The species collects pollen from different plant families. It is not known which cuckoo bees parasitize the species .
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supporting documents
Felix Amiet, M. Herrmann, A. Müller, R. Neumeyer: Fauna Helvetica 20: Apidae 5 . Center Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune, 2007, ISBN 978-2-88414-032-4 .