Ceratina cyanea

Ceratina cyanea

Ceratina cyanea is a bee in the family Apidae.

Features

The bees have a body length of 6 to 7 mm (females ) or 5-7 mm (males). The body of the female is metallic blue in color, but has some black areas. The face plate ( clypeus ) is often black and rarely wears a white spot. The rails ( tibiae ) are provided at the base with small white spots. The tag ( scutellum ) is dotted tight. The males look like the females, their labrum and the face plate, however, are heavily spotted white. The seventh tergite is saddled deep and terminates in two peaks. In between, there is cut semicircular.

Occurrence and life

The species is in Northwest Africa, South, Central, and Southern Northern Europe, east spread to the Caucasus and the Urals. The unpretentious nature colonized both dry habitats, and wetlands. The animals fly from mid-March to mid-October. The type collects pollen at different plant families. Which cuckoo bees parasitize the species is not known.

Documents

Felix Amiet, M. Herrmann, A. Müller, R. Neumeyer: Fauna Helvetica 20: Apidae 5 Centre Suisse de la Faune de Cartografía, 2007, ISBN 978-2-88414-032-4.