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Nomia
Nomia is a cosmopolitan genus of sweat bees in the family Halictidae. Many species have opalescent bands on the metasoma. Nomia species are moderate-sized bees that nest in the ground. Most species nest solitarily, but some species also nest communally where females share a nest but where there are no queen or worker castes. Nomia species are found Africa, tropical Asia, Australia, and in North America. There are about 130 species world wide.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Acunomia
subgenusAcunomia
Hoplonomia
subgenusHoplonomia
Forest-Nomia Bees
subgenusMaculonomia
Gnathonomia
subgenusGnathonomia
Nomia
subgenusNomia
Paulynomia
subgenusPaulynomia
Leuconomia
subgenusLeuconomia
Crocisaspidia
subgenusCrocisaspidia
Nomia scutellaris
speciesNomia scutellaris
Nomia forbesii
speciesNomia forbesii
Nomia montivaga
speciesNomia montivaga
Nomia quadrituberculata
speciesNomia quadrituberculata
Curvinomia
subgenusCurvinomia
Paranomina
subgenusParanomina
Nomia trichonota
speciesNomia trichonota
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57676.