''Ceylalictus'' is a genus of
bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamil ...
s belonging to the family
Halictidae
Halictidae is the second-largest family of bees (clade Anthophila) with nearly 4,500 species. They are commonly called sweat bees (especially the smaller species), as they are often attracted to perspiration. Halictid species are an extremely div ...
.
Type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
is , which was originally described as .
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
(except America).
Species:
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Ceylalictus aldabranus''
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Ceylalictus appendiculatus''
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Ceylalictus borneanus''
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Ceylalictus capverdensis''
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Ceylalictus celebensis''
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Ceylalictus cereus''
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Ceylalictus congoensis''
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Ceylalictus dapitanellus''
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Ceylalictus desertorum''
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Ceylalictus formosicola''
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Ceylalictus grandior''
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Ceylalictus hainanicus''
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Ceylalictus halictoides''
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Ceylalictus hedickei''
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Ceylalictus horni''
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Ceylalictus inornatus''
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Ceylalictus karachensis''
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Ceylalictus madagassus''
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Ceylalictus malayensis''
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Ceylalictus muiri''
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Ceylalictus nanensis''
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Ceylalictus obscurus''
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Ceylalictus perditellus''
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Ceylalictus petiolatus''
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Ceylalictus punjabensis''
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Ceylalictus rostratus''
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Ceylalictus seistanicus''
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Ceylalictus sylvestris''
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Ceylalictus taprobanae''
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Ceylalictus tumidus''
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Ceylalictus valdezi''
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Ceylalictus variegatus''
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Ceylalictus warnckei''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4036007
Halictidae
Bee genera