2182 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Sisymbrium altissimum, Sisyrinchium, Solidago, Sonchus arvensis, Sphacele calycina, 

 Spiraea sorbifolia, Stachys bullata, Stellaria media, Stephanom,eria virgata, Syringa, 

 Taraxacum vulgare, Trifolium involucratum,, T. microcephalum, Venegasia 

 carpesioides, Verbena lasiostachys, V. prostrata, Vicia villosa, Vitis, Wyethia 

 amplexicaulis glabra. Predator: Cymatodera ovipennis Say. 



Ceratina acantha Provancher, 1895. Nat. Canad. 22: 190. 9. 



Ceratina submaritima Cockerell, 1897. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 49: 352. 6,9. 



Ceratina submaritima ehrhomi Cockerell, 1903. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 12: 453. 6. 



Biology: MacSwain, 1945. Pan-Pacific Ent. 21: 97 (natural enemies). —Daly, 1966. Ent. Soc. 

 Amer., Ann. 59: 1138 (nest). 



diodonta Smith. Tex. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Agastache breviflora, Lippia, 

 Monarda citriodora. 

 Ceratina diodonta Smith, 1907. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 121. 6,9. 



melanoptera Cockerell. Ariz., N. Mex., Tex. (El Paso); Mexico (Sonora). Pollen: Unknown, but 

 visits flowers of Argemone, Cassia leptocarpa, Dalea greggii, Encelia farinosa, 

 Eriogonum, Haplopappus gracilis, Proboscidea parviflora, Salix taxifolia, Wedelia 

 incamata. 

 Ceratina melanoptera Cockerell, 1924. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 12: 543. 6,9. 



neomexicana Cockerell. Idaho south to Calif., Nev., Ariz., N. Mex. and Tex. Pollen: Polylectic, 

 visits a wide variety of flowers including Agave, Amorpha fruticosa. Anemone 

 intermedia, Aquilegia, Artemisia, Aster, Astragalus goniatus, Berberis trifoliata, 

 Carduus Ceanothus, Chaenactis glabriuscula, Chrysopsis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, 

 Erigeron canus, E. inomatus, Gilia calcarea, Griiidelia perennis, Haplopappus 

 bloomeri angustatus, Helianthus petiolaris, Iris, Ligustrum vulgare, Malva cockerelli, 

 Melilotus officinalis, Monarda, Nothocalais cuspidata, Oenothera, Opuntia erinacea, 

 Penstemon gracilis, Phacelia, Physaria, Platycodon grandiflorum, Potentilla, Prunus, 

 Pulsatilla hirsutissim,a, Rubus, Salix bebbiana, Senecio longilobus, Silphium, Solidago, 

 Taraxacum officinale, Tetraneuris, Viola nuttallii. 

 Ceratina neomexicana Cockerell, 1901. Ent. News 12: 43. 2. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1906. Canad. Ent. 38: 165. 6. 



Biology: Hicks, 1926. Colo. Univ., Studies 15: 251 (nest). 

 sequoiae Michener. Wash., Idaho, Oreg. and Calif. Parasite: Aprostocetus americanus Ashm. 

 Pollen: Oligolectic, obtains pollen from flowers of the genus Clarkia including C. biloba, 

 C. b. australis, C. cylindrica, C. dudleyana, C. gracilis albicaulis, C. purpurea, C. 

 rhomboidea, C. unguiculata, C. williamsonii, C. xantiana, C. viminea, but also visits 

 other flowers for nectar such as Amsinckia, Asclepias mexicana, Cryptantha, 

 Epilobium, Eriogonum, Gilia tricolor, Hesperochiron, Layia platyglossa, Lepechina 

 calycina, Lessingia leptoclada, Lotus glaber. Madia, Mimulus, Nemophila, Oenothera, 

 Penstemon, Phacelia, Ranunculus, Salvia, Sambucus, Scrophularia califomica, 

 Senecio, Stachys ajugoides, Trichostem.a laxum,. Verbena lasiostachys. Predator: 

 Apiomerus crassipes (Fabr.). 

 Ceratina sequoiae Michener, 1936. Amer. Mus. Novitates 844: 1. 9. 



Biology: MacSwain, Raven and Thorp, 1973. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 70: 34-37 (floral 

 relationships). 

 timberlakei Daly. Oreg., Calif. Pollen: Apparently polylectic, visits flowers of Arctostaphylos, 

 Asclepias mexicana, Calochortus luteus, Clarkia, Cucurbita, Eriodictyon califomicum, 

 Gilia capitata, Haplopappus arborescens, Lotus glaber, Prunus subcordata. Salvia, 

 Senecio douglasii, Sidalcea calycosa. 

 Ceratina timberlakei Daly, 1973. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 74: 102, figs. 7c, 101, 12a, 27a, 28e, 

 31f, pi. 1. 9,6. 



Genus CERATINA Subgenus EUCERATINA Hirashima, Moure and Daly 



Ceratina subg. Euceratina Hirashima, Moure and Daly, In Hirashima, 1971. Faculty Agr. 

 Kyushu Univ., Jour. 16: 369. 



Type-species: Apis callosa Fabricius. Orig. desig. 



