Ceratina chloris

Mahlmann, Thiago, Oliveira, Favízia Freitas de & Oliveira, Marcio Luiz de, 2023, Taxonomy of South American species of Ceratina (Calloceratina) Cockerell, 1924 with comments on new species-groups proposed for this subgenus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae), EntomoBrasilis (e 1062) 16, pp. 1062-1062 : 2

chloris species-group

Diagnosis. Small to moderate-sized species, body length ranges from 7.3-11.8; integument bright metallic green or bluish; yellow marks in females restricted to clypeus and legs; body densely punctated; clypeus with a narrow median longitudinal roughened area delimited by coarse punctures; metapostnotum microsculptured, basally rugoso-striate; preoccipital carina well developed; lateral areas of pronotum with strong carina forming lamella; metatibia in females with developed carina; graduli present on T2 to T4 or T5.

Male: Apical margin of T7 slightly emarginated, rounded, rarely truncated; preapical margin of S5 with or without acute processes.