History of changes

• Nomada Scopoli, J.A. 1770. Historico naturalis. Annus IV. Leipzig : Hilscher 150 pp. [Date published 31/12/1770] [44].

  Type species:

   Apis ruficornis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Curtis, J. 1832. British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. London : John Curtis Vol. 9 pls 384-433. [Date published 31/12/1832] [pl. 419].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Alexander, B. 1991. Nomada phylogeny reconsidered (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Journal of Natural History 25: 315-330 [Date published 31/12/1991]

Odanaka, K.A., Branstetter, M.G., Tobin, K.B. & Rehan, S.M. 2022. Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Nomada (Hymenoptera: Apidae) using ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 170(107453): 1-9

History of changes

• Nomada australensis Perkins, R.C.L. 1912. Notes, with descriptions of new species, on aculeate Hymenoptera of the Australian Region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 96-121 [Date published 31/12/1912] [116].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH Hym.17.b.574a,b 1♂ 1♀, Kuranda (as Cairns Kuranda), QLD.
• Nomada rubinii Rayment, T. 1930. New and remarkable bees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 43: 42-61 [Date published 31/12/1930] [55].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 32 065524 ♀ (Specimen pinned to cork, missing all right legs.), Townsville, QLD, Aug 1920, C.L. Barrett.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Walker, K.L., Tattersall, M., Houston, T.F. 2020. First host record for the Australian kleptoparasitic bee Nomada australensis (Perkins) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and a new synonymy. Australian Entomologist 47(4): 285–300 [Date published 18 December 2020] [28]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Only published localities Kuranda and Mackay.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mellivore, solitary, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Cleptoparasitic, possibly on Lasioglossum (Halictidae).

General References

Cockerell, T.D.A. 1931. The bees of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 7: 34-54 [Date published 31/12/1931] (taxonomy)

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 [Date published 31/12/1965] [215] (illustration)

History of changes