Ceratina cyanea
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Ceratina cyanea is a bee from the family of Apidae .
features
The bees have a body length of 6 to 7 millimeters (females) or 5 to 7 millimeters (males). The body of the females is colored metallic blue, but partly has black areas. The frontal plate ( clypeus ) is often black and rarely bears a white spot. The splints ( tibia ) are provided with small white spots at the base. The scutellum is densely dotted. The males look similar to the females, but their labrum and frontal plate are heavily spotted with white. The seventh tergite is deeply saddled and ends in two points. In between it is cut out in a semicircle.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is distributed in north-west Africa, south, central and southern northern Europe, east to the Caucasus and the Urals. The undemanding species colonizes dry habitats as well as wetlands. The animals fly from mid-March to mid-October. The species collects pollen from different plant families. It is not known which cuckoo bees parasitize the species .
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 .
