Ceratina dentiventris
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| ( Gerstäcker , 1869) |
Ceratina dentiventris is a bee from the family of Apidae .
features
The bees are 5 to 6 millimeters long. The body of the female is metallic blue to blue-green in color, but is partly black on the head and thorax . The front plate ( clypeus ), calli and the base of the splints ( tibia ) are spotted white. The middle of the mesonotum is structured dense and punctiform. The Propodeum is provided with an easily recognizable corner on the sides at the transition from the horizontal surface to the support. The males look similar to the females, but their labrum is spotted white. The seventh tergite is saddle-in and rounded at the end. The second sternite has a protruding tooth in the middle.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is common in Tunisia and southern Europe, east to Turkestan . The animals fly in the south from April to 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 .