Nomia

Pearly-banded bee Nomia strigata, from here.


Belongs within: Halictidae.

Nomia is a genus of bees whose species excavate nests in soil (Michener 1965).

Characters (from Michener 1965): First flagellar segment shorter than scape; proboscis with apices of galeae in repose not reaching posterior end of proboscidial fossa; mesepisternum with distinct pre-episternal groove extending but little below scrobal groove; stigma distinct, longer than broad; three submarginal cells present, second submarginal cell on posterior side shorter than first;, third submarginal cell at least three-fourths as long as first and more than twice as long as second; posterior tibial spurs present; hind tibia without corbicula.

Nomia Latreille 1804 M65
    |  i. s.: N. albocincta Lucas 1848 E12
    |         N. caerulescens Friese 1909 M65
    |         N. clavata (Smith 1853) [=Halictus clavatus] M65
    |         N. femoralis MS01
    |         N. flavilabris Lucas 1848 E12
    |         N. melanderi WP99
    |         N. perforata Lucas 1848 E12
    |--N. (Nomia) M65
    |    |--*N. (N.) curvipes (Fabricius 1781) [=Andrena curvipes] M65
    |    |--N. (N.) eburneifera M65
    |    `--N. (N.) viridilimbata M65
    |--N. (Austronomia Michener 1965) M65
    |    |--N. (*A.) australica Smith 1875 [=N. australiaca Dalla Torre 1896] M65
    |    |--N. (A.) adelaidella Cockerell 1910 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) aenea Smith 1875 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) aenescens Friese 1912 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) aerata Smith 1875 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) alboscopacea Friese 1917 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) analis Friese 1924 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) antennata M65
    |    |--N. (A.) argentifrons Smith 1862 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) aurata M65
    |    |--N. (A.) babindensis Cockerell 1930 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) brisbanensis Cockerell 1913 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) cheesmanae Michener 1965 (see below for synonymy) M65
    |    |--N. (A.) clypeata M65
    |    |--N. (A.) cyanella Cockerell 1913 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) dentiventris Smith 1875 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) dimissa Cockerell 1921 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) doddi Cockerell 1905 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) erimae Friese 1909 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) excellens Cockerell 1929 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) ferricauda Cockerell 1913 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) flavoviridis Cockerell 1905 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) fortior Cockerell 1929 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) frenchi Cockerell 1912 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) fruhstorferi M65
    |    |--N. (A.) fulvoanalis Friese 1924 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) generosa Smith 1875 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) geophila Cockerell 1930 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) gilberti Cockerell 1905 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) gracilipes Smith 1875 [incl. N. haemorrhoidalis Westwood 1875] M65
    |    |--N. (A.) grisella Cockerell 1913 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) hippophila Cockerell 1910 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) hypodonta Cockerell 1905 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) kankauana M65
    |    |--N. (A.) kurandina Cockerell 1910 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) latetibialis Friese 1924 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) latitarsis Friese 1924 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) latiuscula Friese 1924 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) maai Michener 1965 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) macularis Friese 1924 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) melanodonta Cockerell 1926 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) melanoptera Cockerell 1910 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) melvilliana Cockerel 1929 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) miranda Rayment 1954 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) moerens Smith 1875 M65 [=Lipotriches moerens ZS10]
    |    |--N. (A.) muscosa Cockerell 1910 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) musgravei Cockerell 1929 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) nana Smith 1875 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) nuda Rayment 1939 [=N. australica nuda] M65
    |    |--N. (A.) pennata Friese 1924 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) perlucida M65
    |    |--N. (A.) phanerusa Cockerell 1913 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) philippinensis M65
    |    |--N. (A.) pilipes M65
    |    |--N. (A.) purnongensis Cockerell 1913 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) reginae Cockerell 1905 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) regis Cockerell 1910 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) ‘rubra’ Rayment 1931 non Friese 1904 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) rufocognita Cockerell 1905 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) satelles Cockerell 1912 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) semiaurea Cockerell 1905 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) semipallida Cockerell 1905 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) sicheli Vachal 1897 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) smithella Gribodo 1894 [incl. N. ruficornis Smith 1875 non Spinola 1838] M65
    |    |--N. (A.) stalkeri Cockerell 1910 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) subaustralica Cockerell 1910 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) submoerens Cockerell 1914 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) tenuihirta Cockerell 1905 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) testaceipes Friese 1924 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) thor Cockerell 1930 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) turneri Friese 1924 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) ulongensis Cockerell 1929 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) victoriae Cockerell 1910 M65
    |    |--N. (A.) willeyi Cameron 1905 [incl. N. gazellae Friese 1909, N. metallica Cameron 1901 non Smith 1863] M65
    |    `--N. (A.) wilmattae Cockerell 1929 M65
    |--N. (Curvinomia Michener 1944) (see below for synonymy) M65
    |    |--N. (C.) tetrazona Cockerell 1910 (see below for synonymy) M65
    |    |--N. (C.) albofasciata M65
    |    |--N. (C.) aurantifer Cockerell 1910 M65
    |    |--N. (C.) borneana M65
    |    |--N. (C.) chalybeata Smith 1875 [=*Paranomia chalybeata, *Paranomina chalybeata] M65
    |    |--N. (C.) elegans M65
    |    |--N. (C.) formosa M65
    |    |--N. (C.) fulvata (Fabricius 1804) [=Megilla fulvata, Amegilla fulvata] M65
    |    |--N. (C.) iridescens Smith 1853 M65
    |    |--N. (C.) longitarsis M65
    |    |--N. (C.) lusoria M65
    |    |--N. (C.) luteofasciata Friese 1917 M65
    |    |--N. (C.) megasoma M65
    |    |--N. (C.) mimosae M65
    |    |--N. (C.) opulenta Smith 1864 M65
    |    |--N. (C.) penangensis M65
    |    |--N. (C.) quadridentata Smith 1875 M65
    |    |--N. (C.) ridleyi M65
    |    |--N. (C.) subpurpurea M65
    |    |--N. (C.) swainsoniae Cockerell 1921 M65
    |    |--N. (C.) tuberculifrons M65
    |    `--N. (C.) viridicincta M65
    |--N. (Hoplonomia Ashmead 1904) M65
    |    |--N. (*H.) quadrifasciata (Ashmead 1904) [=*Hoplonomia quadrifasciata] M65
    |    |--N. (H.) amboinensis Cockerell 1907 M65
    |    |--N. (H.) austrovagans Cockerell 1905 M65 [=N. (H.) pulchribalteata var. austrovagans R35]
    |    |--N. (H.) callichlora M65
    |    |--N. (H.) cuneata M65
    |    |--N. (H.) darwinorum Cockerell 1910 M65
    |    |--N. (H.) ellioti Smith 1875 M65
    |    |--N. (H.) flavipennis Friese 1909 M65
    |    |--N. (H.) froggatti Cockerell 1911 M65
    |    |--N. (H.) incerta M65
    |    |--N. (H.) lyonsiae Cockerell 1912 M65
    |    |--N. (H.) papuana Cockerell 1929 M65
    |    |--N. (H.) parvula M65
    |    |--N. (H.) pulchra M65
    |    |--N. (H.) pulchribalteata Cameron 1901 M65
    |    |--N. (H.) punctulata M65
    |    |--N. (H.) rhododonta M65
    |    |--N. (H.) rubroviridis Cockerell 1905 M65
    |    |--N. (H.) strigata (Fabricius 1793) [=Andrena strigata] M65
    |    |--N. (H.) tridentata M65
    |    `--N. (H.) westwoodi M65
    |--N. (Mellitidia Guérin-Méneville 1830) M65
    |    |--N. (*M.) australis (Guérin-Méneville 1830) [=Andrena australis] M65
    |    |--N. (M.) cincta Smith 1859 M65
    |    |--N. (M.) dentata Smith 1859 M65
    |    |--N. (M.) gressitti Michener 1965 M65
    |    |--N. (M.) horvarthi Friese 1909 M65
    |    |--N. (M.) kochi Friese 1909 M65
    |    |--N. (M.) longicornis Smith 1859 M65
    |    |--N. (M.) luteiventris Friese 1909 M65
    |    |--N. (M.) metallica Smith 1863 M65
    |    |--N. (M.) simillima Smith 1863 M65
    |    |--N. (M.) simplicinotum Michener 1965 M65
    |    `--N. (M.) tomentifera Friese 1909 M65
    |--N. (Pseudapis Kirby 1900) [incl. Nomiapis Cockerell 1919] M65
    |    |--N. (*P.) anomala (Kirby 1900) [=*Pseudapis anomala] M65
    |    |--N. (P.) diversipes Latreille 1806 [=*Nomiapis diversipes] M65
    |    `--N. (P.) lepidota Cockerell 1905 M65
    |--N. (Ptilonomia Michener 1965) M65
    |    `-N. (*P.) plumosa Michener 1965 M65
    |--N. (Reepenia Friese 1909) [incl. Megaloptodes Moure 1958] M65
    |    |--N. (*R.) variabilis Friese 1909 M65
    |    |--N. (R.) bidentata Smith 1863 M65
    |    |--N. (R.) bituberculata (Smith 1853) (see below for synonymy) M65
    |    |--‘Reepenia’ brevicornis R35
    |    |--N. (R.) florea Smith 1863 M65
    |    |--N. (R.) fuliginosa Friese 1909 M65
    |    |--N. (R.) fulviventris Cameron 1901 M65
    |    |--N. (R.) ‘fulviventris’ Friese 1909 non Cameron 1901 M65
    |    |--N. (R.) ‘triangulifera’ Friese 1909 non Vachal 1897 M65
    |    `--N. (R.) zebrae Friese 1909 M65
    `--N. (Rhopalomelissa Alfken 1926) M65
         |--N. (*R.) xanthogastra (Alfken 1926) [=*Rhopalomelissa xanthogaster] M65
         |--N. (R.) abuensis M65
         |--N. (R.) andrennina M65
         |--N. (R.) aureohirta M65
         |--N. (R.) aurifrons M65
         |--N. (R.) basipicta M65
         |--N. (R.) basutorum M65
         |--N. (R.) bicarinata M65
         |--N. (R.) burmica M65
         |--N. (R.) carinicollis M65
         |--N. (R.) ceratina M65
         |--N. (R.) comberi M65
         |--N. (R.) elongata M65
         |--N. (R.) elongatula M65
         |--N. (R.) lautula M65
         |--N. (R.) levicauda M65
         |--N. (R.) fausta M65
         |--N. (R.) floralis M65
         |--N. (R.) fulvinerva M65
         |--N. (R.) halictella Cockerell 1905 M65
         |--N. (R.) kangrae M65
         |--N. (R.) levicauda M65
         |--N. (R.) mediorufa M65
         |--N. (R.) minutula Friese 1909 M65
         |--N. (R.) modesta Smith 1862 [incl. N. clavata Smith 1862 non Halictus clavatus Smith 1853] M65
         |--N. (R.) morata M65
         |--N. (R.) notabilis M65
         |--N. (R.) palavanica M65
         |--N. (R.) patellifera M65
         |--N. (R.) phenacura M65
         |--N. (R.) pseudoceratina Cockerell 1910 M65
         |--N. (R.) rubella M65
         |--N. (R.) triangularis Cockerell 1905 M65
         `--N. (R.) williamsi Cockerell 1930 M65

Nomia (Austronomia) cheesmanae Michener 1965 [=N. nuda Cheesman 1953 non N. australica nuda Rayment 1939] M65

Nomia (Curvinomia Michener 1944) [incl. Paranomia Friese 1897 non Conrad 1860, Paranomina Michener 1944 non Hendel 1907] M65

Nomia (Curvinomia) tetrazona Cockerell 1910 [incl. N. californiensis Michener 1937, *Curvinomia californiensis] M65

Nomia (Reepenia) bituberculata (Smith 1853) [=Megalopta bituberculata, *Megaloptodes bituberculata; incl. Nomia (Reepenia) eboracina Cockerell 1912, Tetralonia testacea Smith 1854] M65

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[E12] Evenhuis, N. L. 2012. Publication and dating of the Exploration Scientifique de l'Algérie: Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés (1846–1849) by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas. Zootaxa 3448: 1–61.

[M65] Michener, C. D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1–362.

[MS01] Mocsáry, A., & V. Szépligeti. 1901. Hymenopterák [Hymenopteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 121–169. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[R35] Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees: Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species. Endeavour Press: Sydney.

[WP99] Walter, D. E., & H. C. Proctor. 1999. Mites: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour. CABI Publishing: Wallingford (UK).

[ZS10] Zborowski, P., & R. Storey. 2010. A Field Guide to Insects in Australia 3rd ed. Reed New Holland: Sydney.

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