TAXONOMIC STUDIES OF GENUS CERATINA (PITHITIS) (HYMENOPTERA: APOIDEA: APIDAE) OF BANGALORE REGIOf

摘要

Five species of Ceratina viz., Ceratina (Pithitis) binghami Cockerell, C. (Pithitis) hieroglyphica Smith, C. (Pithitis) smaragdula Fabricius, C. (Pithitis) unimaculata (Smith) and Ceratina (Pithitis) sp., were collected while foraging on different crop plants in and around Bangalore and were described. The species were found mainly while foraging on Tagetes erecta, Crotalaria striata, Sesamum indicum, Phaseolus vulgaris, Portulaca grandiflora, Ocimum sanctum and Melissa officinalis.