Ceratina (Zadontomerus) ignara Cresson 1878
Creators: name: Flórez-Gómez, Nathalia
name: Ayala, Ricardo
name: Hinojosa-Díaz, Ismael
name: Morrone, Juan J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Ceratina
Ceratina ignara

description: Ceratina (Zadontomerus) ignara Cresson, 1878
(Figures 3, 4, 22B, 23B, 24B, 25)
Ceratina ignara Cresson, E. T., 1878 (lectotype: ANSP: ♀ 2471. Mexico).
Ceratina townsendi Cockerell, T. D. A., 1903 (syntype: USNM: ♀ 8307. Mexico, Veracruz, San Rafael, Río Nautla).
Ceratina abdominalis Smith, H. S., 1907 (syntype: USNM: ♀, ♂ 55731. Costa Rica, San José, Monte Redondo), n. syn.
Ceratina cuprea Friese, H., 1916 (syntype: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: ♀, ♂. Costa Rica, San José).
Ceratina nara Strand, E., 1919 (holotype: AMNH: ♂. Guatemala, Amatitlán).
Ceratina tehuacana Strand, E., 1919 (syntype: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: ♀, ♂. Mexico, Puebla, Tehuacán, 1650 m), n. syn.
Ceratina parignara Cockerell, T. D. A., 1931 (holotype: MCZ: ♂ 16262. Mexico, Yucatán, Chichén Itzá), n. syn.
Diagnosis. Medium to large in size: females from 7.0–9.0 mm and males from 6.5–8.0 mm in length. Bluish head and mesosoma, and dark green to olive green metasoma; males recognizable by the lower paraocular yellow marks; hind trochanter and ventral surface of basal half of hind femur with dense, long whitish hairs, as long as width of hind trochanter; hind femur medially dilated, but not forming an angle (Fig. 22B); T7 with concave lateral margins, distal margin truncate (Fig. 23B); females with lower paraocular area punctate, punctures separated by a distance up to a puncture diameter; disc of scutum predominantly impunctate, but some punctures along the anteromedial and parapsidal lines; metasoma twice as long as width; and both sexes with subhyaline to lightly smoked wings. Similar in color to C. indigovirens sp. n. (see below), but males can be easily recognized by the paraocular yellow marks and distal margin of T7 truncated.
Material examined: BELIZE. Cayo District: Pine Ridge, Cooma Cairn, 30-IV-2009, J. S. Ascher (AMNH: 1♀). COSTA RICA. Alajuela: Bijagua, 20 km S Upala, 1-10-IV-1991, F. Parker (BBSL: 1♀). Guanacaste: Estación Biológica Volcán Cacao, 13-II-1995, F. Parker (BBSL: 1♀, 4♂). Estación Maritza, W del Volcán Orosí, 600 m, 12-II-1995, T. Griswold (BBSL: 1♂). Finca Montezuma, 3 km del Río Naranjo, F. Parker (BBSL: 3♂); 30-I-1992 (BBSL: 1♂); 5/ 7-II-1992 (BBSL: 46♀, 42♂); 15-II-1992 (BBSL: 25♂); 15-IV-1992 (BBSL: 2 ♂). 15- IV-1992 (BBSL: 2 ♂); 20-V-1992 (BBSL: 1 ♂); 18-IX-1992 (BBSL: 1♂); 10-XI-1992 (BBSL: 2 ♂); 8/ 18-I-1993 (BBSL: 8♀); 24/ 29-I-1993 (BBSL: 3♂). Puntarenas: San Vito, Estación Biológica Las Alturas, 1500 m, 1-III-1992, P. Hanson (BBSL: 3♂). San José: Escazu, F. Parker; 8-II-1987 (BBSL: 2♀); 9/ 10-I-1988 (BBSL: 9♀, 5♂); 7/ 14-II-1988 (BBSL: 6♀, 14♂); 26-III-1988 (BBSL: 4♂); 16-I-1989 (BBSL: 42♀); 5-II-1989 (BBSL: 3♀, 5♂). San José, 30-III-1966, C. Michener (BBSL: 1♀, 1♂). MEXICO. Colima: El Mixcuate, 19.322104, -103.93541, 541 m, 3-XI-2014, R. Ayala (EBCh: 1♀). Hidalgo: Tlanchinol-Apantlazol km 4, 20.984, -98.63694, 1600 m, 13- IX-1993, L. Godínez (MZFC: 8♀: 26944, 26946, 26947, 26948, 26949, 26951, 26950, 26945. 7♂: 26943, 26939, 26928, 26933, 26941, 26942, 26940). Tenango de Doria, El Damo, 2155 m, 20.325, -98.2272, 5-VIII-1993, L. Godínez (MZFC: 1♂: 26893). Tulancingo de Bravo, El Paraíso, 2185 m, 20.15, -98.4, 7-VI-1992, M. Díaz (MZFC: 3♀: 12089, 12090, 12086). Jalisco: Ciudad Guzmán, 16 km NW, 1800-2000 m, 17-VII-1989, T. Griswold (BBSL: 13♀, 1♂). Ciudad Guzmán, L1 Camino Volcán Colima, 19.62579, -103.5713, 29-VII-2015, R. Ayala (EBCh: 10♀). Zapotitlán de Vadillo, 19.57733, -103.81786, 1075 m, 4-XI-2014, R. Ayala (EBCh: 1♀). Michoacán: El Cangrejo, 20 km N La Huacana, 090 m, 30-X-1987, T. Griswold (BBSL: 1♀). El Descansadero, 80 km N Arteaga, 28-X-1987, T. Griswold (BBSL: 1♀). Huetamo, 7-III-1972, F. Parker (BBSL: 19♀, 1♂). Presa Zucuiran, 600 m, 28-X-1987, T. Griswold (BBSL: 1 ♀). Santa Clara, 15 km Santa Clara S Pátzcuaro, 2200 m, 28-X-1987, T. Griswold (BBSL: 4♀). Tzintzuntzan, N de Pátzcuaro, 2100 m, 16-X-1987, T. Griswold (BBSL: 3♀). Morelos: Cuernavaca, 21-XI-1987, F. Parker (BBSL: 6♀, 5♂). Yautepec, km 21, Autopista Cd. México-Cuautla, 3-17-VIII-1997, O. Yáñez (MZFC: 7♀: 1103, 1035, 722, 570, 1597, 1662, 1578). Tepoztlán, km 12 Autopista Cd. México-Cuautla, 18.973, -99.0825, 1650 m, 18-XI-1995, I. Hinojosa (MZFC: 1♀: 1947); 18-II-1996, O. Yáñez (MZFC: 11♀: 2375, 2359, 2438, 2338, 2312, 2830, 2760, 2100, 2096, 2271, 2110. 4♂: 2089, 2083, 2112, 2076); 25-I/ 16-II-1997, I. Hinojosa (MZFC: 3 ♀: 3046, 2931, 3233. 2♂: 2969, 3131); km 19.5, Autopista México-Cuautla, 18.938, -99.0383, 1350 m, 5-XI-1995, O. Yáñez (MZFC: 3♀: 113, 120, 119); 20-21-VIII-1996, I. Hinojosa (MZFC: 15♀:1116, 853, 830, 384, 378,441, 531, 705, 695, 390, 526, 509, 443, 442, 682); 9-II-1997, I. Hinojosa (MZFC: 3♀: 1487, 1484, 1765. 4♂: 1171, 1216, 1176, 1215). Nayarit: San Blas, La Bajada, 18-III-1983, G. Bohart (BBSL: 1♀, 2♂). Puebla: Cholula, UDLA, 13-IX-1998, T. Griswold (BBSL: 4♀). Izucar de Matamoros, 3-IX-1974, F. Parker (BBSL: 3♀). Quintana Roo: Felipe Carrillo Puerto, 19.35, -88.03, 13-X-1986, T. Griswold (BBSL: 1♂). San Luis Potosí: Río Axtla, La Griega Vieja, 2-III-1986, S. Weller (AMNH: 1♀). NICARAGUA: Rivas: Isla Ometepe, Camino a Cascadas San Ramón, 11.4243, -85.52936, 23-II-2013, E. S. Wyman (AMNH: 5♀, 2♂). PANAMÁ. Chiriquí: Boquete, 8.6986, -82.4505, 13-I-2012, F. Parker (BBSL: 26♀, 7♂). Coclé: Valle de Anton, 5-VI-1945, C. Michener (AMNH: 1♀, 1♂).
Distribution. Ceratina (Z.) ignara ranges from Nayarit, Mexico to northern Panama. This species occurs from the sea level to 2200 m elevation and seems to be associated to tropical deciduous forests, tropical rainforests, and pine and cloud forests.
Comments: We propose Ceratina abdominalis as synonym of C. ignara based on the species description, where Smith (1907) mentioned the following characters in the male holotype: “head and thorax dark bluish green, abdomen coppery hue, apical plate truncate, almost twice as broad as long, corners well rounded. Small lateral face marks present”. These key characters are diagnostic to Ceratina ignara. Ceratina tehuacana and Ceratina parignara males show the same characters: yellow paraocular marks, head and mesosoma bluish and metasoma olive green, besides the shape of T7 and hind femur. These characters support that these species are synonymies.
description: Published as part of Flórez-Gómez, Nathalia, Ayala, Ricardo, Hinojosa-Díaz, Ismael & Morrone, Juan J., 2022, The Neotropical Species Of Small Carpenter Bees Of The Subgenus Ceratina (Zadontomerus) Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 189-223 in Zootaxa 5214 (2) on pages 193-195, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5214.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7384856