Ceratina hieroglyphica

{{Short description|Species of bee}}

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| name = Ceratina hieroglyphica

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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+hieroglyphica |title=Ceratina hieroglyphica Smith, 1854 |publisher=Discoverlife.org |date= |access-date=2015-07-02}}

| species = C. hieroglyphica

| binomial = Ceratina hieroglyphica

| binomial_authority = Smith, 1854

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Ceratina hieroglyphica, is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae, subfamily Xylocopinae. It makes its nest out of twigs of multiple plant species, including Anacardium occidentale and Caesalpinia pulcherrima. {{cite journal |last1=P S |first1=Anusree Padmanabhan |last2=Chellappan |first2=Mani |title=A Comparative Study on Nest Architecture And Lifecycle of Two Small Carpenter Bees Ceratina Smaragdula (F.) and Ceratina Hieroglyphica Smith |journal=Indian Journal of Entomology |date=27 July 2022 |pages=38–43 |doi=10.55446/IJE.2021.339 |url=https://indianentomology.org/index.php/ije/article/view/339/310}}