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Issue: Vol. 2661 No. 1: 29 Oct. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-10-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2661.1.1
Page range: 1–32
Abstract views: 40
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New synonymies in the bee genus Nomada from North America (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

US Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Refuge, BARC-EAST, Building 308, Room 124, 10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA
USDA-ARS Pollinating Insects Research Unit, NRB 244 UMC 5310, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5310, USA Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 188, Washington, D.C., 20013-37012, USA
Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 188, Washington, D.C., 20013-37012, USA
Hymenoptera Nomadinae Nomadini DNA barcoding taxonomy

Abstract

We provide diagnostic morphological characters to help distinguish males and females of the following species of Nomada: N. augustiana Mitchell, N. bethunei Cockerell, N. fervida Smith, N. fragariae Mitchell, N. lehighensis Cockerell, N. texana Cresson, and N. tiftonensis Cockerell. Based on morphological and DNA barcoding evidence we newly synonymize the following species: N. heligbrodtii Cresson (under N. texana), N. indusata Mitchell (under N. augustiana), N. kingstonensis Mitchell (under N. lehighensis), N. pseudops Cockerell (under N. bethunei), and N. wisconsinensis Graenicher (under N. fervida). We provide full descriptions of the female of N. fragariae and the male of N. lehighensis, both of which were not previously known, and newly designate the lectotype of N. wisconsinensis. We additionally provide comments on the distribution, flight times, and host associations for the treated species.

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