Author: Scopoli, 1770
Type species: Apis ruficornis Linnaeus, 1758, by designation of Curtis, 1832
Synonyms: Hypochrotaenia Holmberg, 1886; Nomadita Mocsàry, 1894; Lamproapis Cameron, 1902; Centrias Robertson, 1903; Cephen Robertson, 1903; Gnathias Robertson, 1903; Holonomada Robertson, 1903; Xanthidium Robertson, 1903; Phor Robertson, 1903; Nomadosola Rohwer, 1911; Polybiapis Cockerell, 1916; Acanthonomada Schwarz, 1966. |
Clade: Anthophila
Family: Apidae Subfamily: Nomadinae Tribe: Nomadini |
Distinctive traits
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Morphologically close genera, and how to distinguish them:
Several bees with 3 submarginal cells have wasp-like appearance and can be confused with Nomada when looked at superficially.
The other genera have a marginal cell distinctly oval or truncated at the apex.
Shecodes, Ceylalictus, Nomioides and Rophites species have a distinctly curved basal vein.
Andrena, Hylaeus & Colletes species have a first and second metasomal segment of equivalent width, and 'short tongue' mouthparts.
Several bees with 3 submarginal cells have wasp-like appearance and can be confused with Nomada when looked at superficially.
- Nomada - Epeolus, Triepeolus, Epeoloides, Ammobates, Ammobatoides, Biastes, Chiasmognathus, Parammobatodes, Pasites & Schmiedeknechtia.
The other genera have a marginal cell distinctly oval or truncated at the apex.
- Nomada - Sphecodes, Ceylalictus, Nomioides and Rophites
Shecodes, Ceylalictus, Nomioides and Rophites species have a distinctly curved basal vein.
- Nomada - Andrena, Hylaeus & Colletes
Andrena, Hylaeus & Colletes species have a first and second metasomal segment of equivalent width, and 'short tongue' mouthparts.
General comments on Nomada species identification
Nomada species identification involve multiple criteria, including genitalia and setae of legs on the ventral side in males.
In females, some criteria are located on the labrum, mandible apex, antennae, sternites and apical teeth of the posterior tibiae.
Nomada species identification involve multiple criteria, including genitalia and setae of legs on the ventral side in males.
In females, some criteria are located on the labrum, mandible apex, antennae, sternites and apical teeth of the posterior tibiae.
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Please check the reference(s) at the bottom of the page for traditional keys.
Please check the reference(s) at the bottom of the page for traditional keys.
List of the 208 Nomada species found in Europe (UICN 2014 + Rasmont et al. 2017)
Nomada accentifera Pérez, 1895 Nomada achaica Schwarz & Smit 2020 Nomada acutispina Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada aeginaica Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada agrestis Fabricius, 1787 Nomada alboguttata Herrich-Schäffer, 1839 Nomada alpigena Schwarz, Gusenleitner & Mazzucco, 1999 Nomada argentata Herrich-Schäffer, 1839 Nomada argentea (Schwarz, 1966) Nomada ariasi Dusmet y Alonso, 1913 Nomada armata Herrich-Schäffer, 1839 Nomada arrogans Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada atroscutellaris Strand, 1921 Nomada babiyi Schwarz & Standfuss, 2007 Nomada baccata Smith, 1844 Nomada barcelonensis Cockerell, 1917 Nomada basalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1839 Nomada beaumonti Schwarz, 1967 Nomada bifasciata Olivier, 1811 Nomada bispinosa Mocsáry, 1883 Nomada blepharipes Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada bluethgeni Stoeckhert, 1944 Nomada bolivari Dusmet y Alonso, 1913 Nomada bouceki Kocourek, 1985 Nomada braunsiana Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada breviceps Schwarz, Smit & Ockermüller 2019 Nomada breviscapa Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada cadiza Schwarz & Gusenleitner 2013 Nomada calimorpha Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada carnifex Mocsáry, 1883 Nomada caspia Morawitz, 1895 Nomada castellana Dusmet y Alonso, 1913 Nomada cherkesiana Mavromoustakis, 1955 Nomada collarae Schwarz, 1964 Nomada concolor Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada confinis Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada conjungens Herrich-Schäffer, 1839 Nomada connectens Perez, 1884 Nomada corcyraea Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada coronata Perez, 1895 Nomada coxalis Morawitz, 1878 Nomada crenulata Schwarz, 1987 Nomada cretensis Schulz, 1906 Nomada cristata Perez, 1895 Nomada cruenta Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada cypria Mavromoustakis, 1952 Nomada cypricola Mavromoustakis, 1955 Nomada diacantha Schwarz, 1981 Nomada dira Mocsáry, 1882 Nomada discedens Perez, 1884 Nomada discrepans Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada distinguenda Morawitz, 1874 Nomada dolosa Mocsáry, 1883 Nomada duplex Smith, 1854 Nomada ebmeri Schwarz & Smit,2018 Nomada elsei Schwarz & Smit,2018 Nomada emarginata Morawitz, 1877 Nomada eos Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada errans Lepeletier, 1841 Nomada erythrocephala Morawitz, 1871 Nomada fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767) Nomada facilis Schwartz, 1967 Nomada fallax Perez, 1913 Nomada femoralis Morawitz, 1869 Nomada fenestrata Lepeletier, 1841 Nomada ferruginata (L., 1767) Nomada filicornis Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada flava Panzer, 1798 Nomada flavigenis Schwarz & Standfuss, 2007 Nomada flavilabris Morawitz, 1875 Nomada flavinervis Brullé, 1832 Nomada flavoguttata (Kirby, 1802) Nomada flavopicta (Kirby, 1802) Nomada fucata Panzer, 1798 Nomada fulvicornis Fabricius, 1793 Nomada furva Panzer, 1798 Nomada furvoides Stoeckhert, 1944 Nomada fusca Schwarz, 1986 Nomada fuscicornis Nylander, 1848 Nomada gageae Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada glaberrima Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada glaucopis Perez, 1890 Nomada goodeniana (Kirby, 1802) Nomada gransassoi Schwarz, 1986 Nomada gredosiana Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada gribodoi Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada gruenwaldti Schwarz, 1979 Nomada guichardi Schwarz, 1981 Nomada guttulata Schenck, 1861 Nomada hera Schwarz, 1965 Nomada hirtipes Perez, 1884 Nomada hispanica Dusmet y Alonso, 1913 Nomada hungarica Dalla Torre & Friese, 1894 Nomada illustris Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada immaculata Morawitz, 1874 Nomada imperialis Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada incisa Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada insignipes Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada integra Brullé, 1832 Nomada italica Dalla Torre & Friese, 1894 Nomada jaramensis Dusmet y Alonso, 1913 Nomada kervilleana Perez, 1913 Nomada kohli Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada kornosica Mavromoustakis, 1958 Nomada kriesteni Schwarz & Gusenleitner, 2013 |
Nomada lamellata Schwarz, 1977 Nomada lapillula Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada lateritia Mocsáry, 1883 Nomada lathburiana (Kirby, 1802) Nomada laticrus Mocsáry, 1883 Nomada leucophthalma (Kirby, 1802) Nomada limassolica Mavromoustakis, 1955 Nomada linsenmaieri Schwarz, 1974 Nomada litigiosa Gribodo, 1893 Nomada lucidula Schwarz, 1967 Nomada lutea Eversmann, 1852 Nomada luteipes Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada maculicornis Perez, 1884 Nomada mandibularis Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada marshamella (Kirby, 1802) Nomada mauritanica Lepeletier, 1841 Nomada mavromoustakisi Schwarz & Standfuss, 2007 Nomada maxschwarzi Smit, 2018 Nomada melanopyga Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada melathoracica Imhoff, 1834 Nomada merceti Alfken, 1909 Nomada minuscula Noskiewicz, 1930 Nomada mocsáryi Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada moeschleri Alfken, 1913 Nomada moravitzii Radoszkowski, 1876 Nomada mutabilis Morawitz, 1870 Nomada mutica Morawitz, 1872 Nomada nausicaa Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada nesiotica Mavromoustakis, 1958 Nomada nigrifrons Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada nigrilabris Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada nigrospina Schwarz & Smit 2018 Nomada nigrovaria Pérez, 1896 Nomada nobilis Herrich-Schäffer, 1839 Nomada noskiewiczi Schwarz, 1966 Nomada numida Lepeletier, 1841 Nomada obscura Zetterstedt, 1838 Nomada obtusifrons Nylander, 1848 Nomada oculata Friese, 1921 Nomada opaca Alfken, 1913 Nomada opaciformis Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada oralis Schwarz, 1981 Nomada orbitalis Perez, 1913 Nomada ottomanensis Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada pallispinosa Schwarz, 1967 Nomada panurgina Morawitz, 1869 Nomada panzeri Lepeletier, 1841 Nomada pastoralis Eversmann, 1852 Nomada pectoralis Morawitz, 1878 Nomada piccioliana Magretti, 1883 Nomada piliventris Morawitz, 1877 Nomada pilosa Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada platythorax Schwarz, 1981 Nomada pleurosticta Herrich-Schäffer, 1839 Nomada polemediana Mavromoustakis, 1957 Nomada posthuma Blüthgen, 1949 Nomada priesneri Schwarz, 1965 Nomada propinqua Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada pruinosa Pérez, 1895 Nomada pulchra Arnold, 1888 Nomada pygidialis Schwarz, 1981 Nomada pyrgosica Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada radoszkowskii Lozinski, 1922 Nomada rhenana Morawitz, 1872 Nomada roberjeotiana Panzer, 1799 Nomada rostrata Herrich-Schäffer, 1839 Nomada rubiginosa Perez, 1884 Nomada rubricollis Schwarz, 1967 Nomada rubricoxa Eversmann, 1852 Nomada rubiventris Schwarz, 1981 Nomada ruficornis (Linnaeus, 1758) Nomada rufipes Fabricius, 1793 Nomada rufoabdominalis Schwarz, 1963 Nomada sabulosa Radoszkowski, 1876 Nomada sanguinea Smith, 1854 Nomada scheuchli Schwarz and Standfuss, 2007 Nomada serricornis Perez, 1884 Nomada sexfasciata (Panzer, 1799) Nomada sheppardana (Kirby, 1802) Nomada sicula Schwarz, 1974 Nomada signata Jurine, 1807 Nomada similis Morawitz, 1872 Nomada simulatrix Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada smiti Schwarz 2018 Nomada standfussi Schwarz 2007 Nomada stigma Fabricius, 1804 Nomada stoeckherti Pittioni, 1951 Nomada striata Fabricius, 1793 Nomada subcornuta (Kirby 1802) Nomada succincta Panzer, 1798 Nomada sybarita Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada symphyti Stoeckhert, 1930 Nomada tarsalis Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada tenella Mocsáry, 1883 Nomada teunisseni Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada thersites Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada transitoria Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada trapeziformis Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada tridentirostris Dours, 1873 Nomada trispinosa Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada tuberculifera Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada umbrosa Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada unica Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada unispinosa Schwarz, 1981 Nomada verna Schmiedeknecht, 1882 Nomada villosa Thomson, 1882 Nomada warnckei Schwarz & Smit, 2018 Nomada yermasoyinae Schwarz, Smit & Gusenleitner 2018 Nomada zonata Panzer, 1798 |
References with identification keys for some of the species:
- Smit J., 2018. Identification key to the European species of the bee genus Nomada Scopoli, 1770 (Hymenoptera: Apidae), including 23 new species. Entomofauna Monographie 3: 1-253.
Online resources:
Atlas hymenoptera (France & Belgium)
BWARS (UK)
Discover Life (World)
WestPalBees (West Palearctic)
Atlas hymenoptera (France & Belgium)
BWARS (UK)
Discover Life (World)
WestPalBees (West Palearctic)
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References used to write this page:
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- Michez D., Rasmont P., Terzo, M., Vereecken, N. 2019. Abeilles d'Europes. Hymenoptères d'Europes, Volume 1. N.A.P. Editions.
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