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GENUS   Nomada

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
Estimated min and max body length from the genus.
Countries with known records of the genus (based on Nieto et al. 2014)
Estimated difficulty to accurately identify a specimen as belonging to this genus.
Distinctive traits
  • Wasp-like bees
  • Almost hairless
  • Long mouthpart morphology
  • Marginal cell pointed toward the apex
  • 3 submarginal cells (most of the time)
  • Submarginal cell 1 larger than submarginal cells 2 + 3
  • Submarginal cells 2 and 3 of equivalent size.
  • Females with a brush of hairs at the end of the metasoma.
Pictures of 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.
  • Nomada - Epeolus, Triepeolus, Epeoloides, Ammobates, Ammobatoides, Biastes, Chiasmognathus, Parammobatodes, Pasites & Schmiedeknechtia.
Nomada species have a marginal cell pointed near the wing margin.
The other genera have a marginal cell distinctly oval or truncated at the apex.
  • Nomada - Sphecodes, Ceylalictus, Nomioides and Rophites
Nomada species have a straight basal vein.
Shecodes, Ceylalictus, Nomioides and Rophites species have a distinctly curved basal vein.
  • Nomada - Andrena, Hylaeus & Colletes
Nomada species have a 2nd metasomal segment clearly wider than the first one and 'long tongue' mouthparts.
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.
SPECIES IDENTIFICATION TOOL
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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)
Page contributors:
  • Jan Smit (July 2020)
  • Adrien Perrard (Dec. 2019)

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References used to write this page:
  • Michener, C.D. 2007. The Bees of the World, 2nd Edition. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  • Michez D., Rasmont P., Terzo, M., Vereecken, N. 2019. Abeilles d'Europes. Hymenoptères d'Europes, Volume 1. N.A.P. Editions.
  • Nieto, A., Roberts, S. P., Kemp, J., Rasmont, P., Kuhlmann, M., García Criado, M., ... & Michez, D. 2014. European red list of bees. Luxembourg: Publication Office of the European Union, 98.
  •  Rasmont, P., Devalez, Jelle, Pauly, A., Michez, D. & Radchenko, V.G. 2017. Addition to the checklist of IUCN European wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Annales de la Société entomologique de France 53: 17-32.
  • Schwarz, M., Smit, J., & Gusenleitner, F. (2018). Zur Kenntnis paläarktischer Bienen der Gattung Nomada Scopoli, 1770 (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 50, 1403-1445.

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