Synopsis of the Bee Genus Ceratina (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Nepal, with Descriptions of Five New Species and One New Subspecies

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Thirteen taxa belonging to five subgenera of the genus Ceratina Latreille, 1802 are recorded from Nepal. Six of them are described as five new species, C. (Ceratina) belliata sp. nov., C. (Neoceratina) takeshii sp. nov., C. (Catoceratina) splendida sp. nov., C. (Ceratinidia) himalayana sp. nov., and C. (Ceratinidia) gurkhana sp. nov., and a new subspecies of C. (Ceratinidia) okinawana Matsumura and Uchida, 1926, C. okinawana nepalensis ssp. nov. Close relatives of the new taxa are discussed.