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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. ♀.
Ceratina submaritima Cockerell, 1897. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 49: 352. ♂, ♀.
Ceratina submaritima ehrhomi Cockerell, 1903. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 12: 453. ♂.
Biology: MacSwain, 1945. Pan-Pacific Ent. 21: 97 (natural enemies). —Daly, 1966. Ent. Soc.
Amer., Ann. 59: 1138 (nest).
Ceratina diodonta Smith
Tex. Pollen: Unknown, but visits flowers of Agastache breviflora, Lippia,
Monarda citriodora.
Ceratina diodonta Smith, 1907. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 33: 121. ♂, ♀.
Ceratina 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. ♂, ♀.
Ceratina 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. ♂.
Biology: Hicks, 1926. Colo. Univ., Studies 15: 251 (nest).
Ceratina 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. ♀.
Biology: MacSwain, Raven and Thorp, 1973. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 70: 34-37 (floral
relationships).
Ceratina 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. ♀, ♂.
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.