A new species of Ceratina (Ceratinula) Moure, 1941, with notes on the taxonomy and distribution of Ceratina (Ceratinula) manni Cockerell, 1912, and an identification key for species of this subgenus known from Brazil (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Ceratinini)

Favízia Freitas de Oliveira; Lívia Raquel de Sousa Silva; Fernando César Vieira Zanella; Caroline Tito Garcia; Heber Luiz Pereira; Claudia Quaglierini; Camila Magalhães Pigozzo

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1006.57599

A new species of Ceratina (Ceratinula) Moure, 1941, with notes on the taxonomy and distribution of Ceratina (Ceratinula) manni Cockerell, 1912, and an identification key for species of this subgenus known from Brazil (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Ceratinini)

Zookeys. 2020 Dec 23:1006:137-165. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1006.57599. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Favízia Freitas de Oliveira¹, Lívia Raquel de Sousa Silva^{1

2}, Fernando César Vieira Zanella³, Caroline Tito Garcia¹, Heber Luiz Pereira⁴, Claudia Quaglierini⁵, Camila Magalhães Pigozzo²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratório de Bionomia, Biogeografia e Sistemática de Insetos (BIOSIS), Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (IBIO-UFBA), Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, número 668, Campus Universitário de Ondina, CEP: 40170-115, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Universidade Federal da Bahia Salvador Brazil.
² Centro Universitário Jorge Amado (UNIJORGE), Av. Luis Viana, n. 6775, Paralela, CEP: 41.745-130, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Centro Universitário Jorge Amado Salvador Brazil.
³ Instituto Latino Americano de Ciências da Vida e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana, Avenida Silvio Américo Sasdelli, número 1842, Bairro Itaipu A, Edifício Comercial Lorivo, CEP: 85866-000, Caixa Postal 2044 - Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana Foz do Iguaçu Brazil.
⁴ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia, Departamento de Zootecnia, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Avenida Colombo, 5790, 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Maringá Maringá Brazil.
⁵ Tropical Intelligence Manager, Bayer SA - Brasil, Rua Domingos Jorge, 1100 | 504 |3 andar, São Paulo/SP, Brazil Bayer SA - Brasil São Paulo Brazil.

Abstract

A new species of the small carpenter bee, genus Ceratina (Ceratinula) Moure, from the Cerrado Biome in midwestern Brazil is described and illustrated. Ceratina (Ceratinula) fioreseana Oliveira, sp. nov. is easily distinguished from its congeners by the size of the facial maculations and the honey-yellow color of the legs and antennal scape, which distinguish it especially from Ceratina (Ceratinula) manni Cockerell, 1912, the most similar species in terms of facial maculation patterns. The geographic records of C. manni, here interpreted as endemic to the semiarid Caatinga region in northeastern Brazil, are presented, with new records for the Brazilian states of Piauí, Ceará and Bahia. A morphological description of both species is provided, including a comparison with the type specimen of C. manni from the state of Paraíba (Guarabira, formerly named Independencia). An identification key is provided for the described species of Ceratina (Ceratinula) recorded for Brazil according to Moure's Catalogue of Neotropical Bees.

Keywords: Anthophila; South American diagonal of open formations; biogeography; small carpenter bees; taxonomy.

Favízia Freitas de Oliveira, Lívia Raquel de Sousa Silva, Fernando César Vieira Zanella, Caroline Tito Garcia, Heber Luiz Pereira, Claudia Quaglierini, Camila Magalhães Pigozzo.