Ceratinidia Cockerell & Porter, 1899

Ghosh, Dibyajyoti, Jobiraj, Thayyullathil, Girish Kumar, Puthuvayi & Subramanian, Kumarapuram Apadodharanan, 2023, Description of a new species of genus Ceratina Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from Eastern Himalayas, India with a new country record, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (1), pp. 139-154 : 141-142

Subgenus Ceratinidia Cockerell & Porter, 1899

Type species: Ceratina hieroglyphica Smith, 1854 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Female of subgenus Ceratinidia is with the following yellow markings: on mandibles, labrum, clypeus (usually a reverse T-shaped mark, often reduced to transverse band), paraocular region, supraclypeal region, front (supra-antennal spots), antennae, pronotum with a transverse band, scutum with or without four longitudinal stripes, scutellum, mesopleura, postscutellum (rarely), tergum with apical transverse band (sometimes anteriorly incised, sometimes entirely black or with lateral spots), metasomal terga with sometimes apical transverse band broadened abruptly on lateral sides with interruption in T2 and T4 medially (often transverse band laterally narrowed, medially widened, anteriorly incised or broken in the middle), band pattern in T5 strongly widened medially, and laterally narrowed. Legs with yellow line and spots; frons, vertex, and mesepisternum with dense punctations (van der Vecht, 1952; Michener, 2007; Warrit et al., 2012).