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Ceratina nanula Cockerell, 1897

Properties

Scientific Name: Ceratina nanula Cockerell, 1897

Common Name: Ceratina nanula

Taxonomy

Ceratina nanula Cockerell, 1897b: 352 [♂‚]

     Holotype ♂‚. USA, New Mexico, Las Cruces, 25 April [no year provided], on Sphaeralcea angustifolia [] 

Ceratina nanula rigdenae Michener, 1936d: 3 [♀,♂‚]

     Syntypes ♀,♂‚. USA, California, San Bernardino Mountains, Big Bear, by I. Wilson, in hollow stem []

Sociality: Variable
Nesting: Carpenter
Pollen Specialization: Polylectic

Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available

Distribution: British Columbia
Ecozone: Montane Cordillera, Pacific Maritime, Western Interior Basin

female; lateral view
female; lateral view
male; lateral view
male; lateral view