Species info
Classification > Subfamily Xylocopinae > Tribe Ceratinini > Genus Ceratina > Subgenus Calloceratina
Ceratina (Calloceratina) chloris (Fabricius, 1804)
Female of Ceratina (Calloceratina) chloris (Fabricius, 1804) on Canna indica, Iguazú National Park, Misiones (L. Alvarez)
Female of <i>Ceratina (Calloceratina) chloris</i> (Fabricius, 1804) on <i>Canna indica</i>, Iguazú National Park, Misiones (L. Alvarez)
Female of Ceratina (Calloceratina) chloris (Fabricius, 1804) on Canna indica, Iguazú National Park, Misiones (L. Alvarez)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Solitary bees, wood and pith excavators
  • Argentina
    • Misiones
Other distribution
Also know from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela (Moure & Melo, 2022)
 
Synonyms
  • Megilla chloris Fabricius, 1804
  • Megilla metallica Fabricius, 1804
  • Ceratina laeta Spinola, 1841
  • Ceratina smaragdina Smith, 1854
  • Ceratina viridula Smith, 1879
  • Ceratina laeta imperialis Schrottky, 1909
References
  • FABRICIUS, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae: Reichard 1-439
  • SPINOLA, M. 1841. Hyménoptères recueillis a Cayenne en 1839 par M. Leprieur, pharmacien de la Marine Royale. Seconde Partie. Porte-Aiguillons. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 10: 85-149
  • SMITH, F. . 1854. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Apidae. London: British Museum 199-465
  • SMITH, F. 1879. Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in Collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum 240 pp.
  • SCHROTTKY, C. 1909c. Hymenoptera nova. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 67: 209-228
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