| Nomada adusta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Nomada |
| Species: | N. adusta |
| Binomial name | |
| Nomada adusta Smith, 1875 | |
Nomada adusta is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae. [1]
Nomadinae is a subfamily of bees in the family Apidae. They are known commonly as cuckoo bees.
With over 850 species, the genus Nomada is one of the largest genera in the family Apidae, and the largest genus of cuckoo bees. Cuckoo bees are so named because they enter the nests of a host and lay eggs there, stealing resources that the host has already collected. The name "Nomada" is derived from the Greek word nomas, meaning "roaming" or "wandering."
The genus Agapostemon is a common group of Western Hemisphere sweat bees.
Nomada succincta is a species of bee in the family Apidae. It is known commonly as the yellow-legged nomad-bee.
Arene adusta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Areneidae.
Exomalopsis is a genus of bees in the family Apidae. They occur in the Western Hemisphere.
Charles Robertson (1858–1935) was an American entomologist specializing in bees. He carried out what is still the single most intensive study of flower-visiting insects of a single locality, culminating in a 221-page book published in 1928 under the title Flowers and Insects.
Nomada antennata, is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Nomadinae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Nomada bicellularis, is a species of bee, belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Nomadinae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Nomada ceylonica is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Nomadinae. It is found from Sri Lanka and south India.
Nomada wickwari is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Nomadinae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Nomada lusca, is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Nomadinae. It is found in Sri Lanka, India and Philippines.
Nomada priscilla, is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Nomadinae. It is found in Sri Lanka, India and Philippines.
Nomada texana is a species of bee native to the southern and western United States and other parts of North America.
Nomada marshamella, Marsham's nomad bee, is a species of Palearctic cuckoo bee which appears to be a wasp mimic and which is cleptoparasite on the mining bees of the genus Andrena, especially A. scotica and A. trimmerana.
Nomada verecunda is a species in the family Apidae, in the order Hymenoptera . Nomada verecunda is found in North America.
Nomada sphaerogaster is a rare species of nomad bee in the family Apidae. It is found in North America.