Ceratina binghami

{{Short description|Species of bee}}

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| name = Ceratina binghami

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| subphylum = Hexapoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Hymenoptera

| familia = Apidae

| subfamilia = Xylocopinae

| genus = Ceratina

| subgenus = Ceratinidia{{cite web|url=http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Ceratina+binghami |title=Ceratina binghami |publisher=Discoverlife.org |date=2013-07-31 |access-date=2015-07-02}}

| species = C. binghami

| binomial = Ceratina binghami

| binomial_authority = Cockerell, 1908

| synonyms = * Ceratina viridissima sensu Bingham, 1897

• Pithitis sympatrica Shiokawa and Sakagami, 1969

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Ceratina binghami is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae, subfamily Xylocopinae. It constructs nests in stems of plants such as Caesalpinia pulcherrima and Adenanthera pavonina. Females guard the nest entrance.{{cite journal |last1=Udayakumar |first1=Amala |last2=Shivalingaswamy |first2=Tamilapur Maharudrappa |title=Nest architecture and life cycle of Small Carpenter bee, Ceratina binghami Cockerell (Xylocopinae: Apidae: Hymenoptera) |journal=Sociobiology |date=25 April 2019 |volume=66 |issue=1 |pages=61 |doi=10.13102/sociobiology.v66i1.3558 |url=https://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/3558/3624|doi-access=free }}