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GENUS   Nomiapis

Author: Cockerell 1919

Type species: Nomia diversipes Latreille, 1806, by original designation.
Synonyms: Nomiapis is considered a subgenus of Pseudapis Kirby 1900 by some authors.
Clade: Anthophila
Family: Halictidae
Subfamily: Nomiinae
Tribe: Nomiini
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
  • Enlarged tegulae
Pictures of distinctive traits.
Morphologically close genera and how to distinguish them
No other genus in Europe has tegulae so long that they reach clearly beyond the posterior margin of the mesonotum.
General comments on Nomiapis species identification
Sorry, there is no information yet about Nomiapis species identification.
SPECIES IDENTIFICATION TOOL
Sorry, but the species identification tool is not yet available for Nomiapis. 
Please check the reference(s) below for traditional keys.

List of the 9 Nomiapis species found in Europe (IUCN 2014 + Rasmont et al 2017 + Arens 2018):
Nomiapis (Nomiapis) bispinosa (Brullé, 1832)
Nomiapis (Nomiapis) diversipes (Latreille, 1806)
Nomiapis (Nomiapis) elegantissima (Popov, 1949)
Nomiapis (Nomiapis) equestris (Gerstäcker, 1872)
Nomiapis (Nomiapis) femoralis (Pallas, 1773)
Nomiapis (Nomiapis) fugax (Morawitz, 1877)
Nomiapis (Nomiapis) monstrosa (Costa, 1861)
Nomiapis (Nomiapis) susannae Arens 2018
Nomiapis (Nomiapis) valga (Gerstäcker, 1872)
References with identification keys for some of the species:
  • Warncke K. (1976). Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Bienengattung Nomia Latr. In der Westpaläarktis und dem turkestanischen Becken (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Reichenbachia, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden, 16 (7): 93-120.
  • Amiet F., Müller A. & Neumeyer R.,1999. Apidae 2: Colletes, Dufourea, Hylaeus, Nomia, Nomioides, Rhophitoides, Rophites, Sphecodes, Systropha (Fauna Helvetica 4). Centre suisse de cartographie de la faune (CSCF), Neuchâtel, 239 pp.
  • Pesenko, Y.A., Banaszak, J., Radchenko, V.G. & Cierzniak, T. 2000. Bees of the family Halictidae (excluding Sphecodes) of Poland. Bydgoszcz. 348pp.
  • Baker D.B. 2002. On Palaearctic and Oriental species of the genera Pseudapis W.F. Kirby, 1900, and Nomiapis Cockerell, 1919. Beiträge zur Entomologie, 52 (1): 1-83.
Online resources:
Atlas hymenoptera (Europe & Belgium)
WestPalBees (West Palearctic)
Page contributors:
  • Adrien Perrard (Dec. 2019)

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References used to write this page:
  • Arens W. 2018. Nomiapis susannae sp. n., eine neue Bienen-Art aus Griechenland (Hymenoptera, Apoidea: Halictidae). Mitt. München. Ent. Ges. 108: 103-107.
  • 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.
  • Pauly A. 2015. Le genre Nomiapis Cockerell 1919. http://www.atlashymenoptera.net/page.asp?ID=72.
  • 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.

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