Nomada

Nomada

Nomada succincta

Nomada texana, male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Subfamily:	Nomadinae
Tribe:	Nomadini Latreille, 1802
Species:	Nomada Scopoli, 1770
Species
>850 species

With over 850 species, the genus Nomada is one of the largest genera in the family Apidae, and the largest genus of cleptoparasitic "cuckoo bees". They occur worldwide, and use many different types of bees as hosts, primarily the genus Andrena. As parasites, they lack a pollen-carrying scopa, and are often extraordinarily wasp-like in appearance, with red, black, and yellow colors prevailing, and with smoky (infuscated) wings or wing tips.

Separation of this genus (the only genus in the tribe Nomadini) from other members of the Nomadinae can be difficult; details of the wing venation, and the nature of the patch of silvery setae at the tip of the female metasoma are the best distinguishing features.

Species

See List of Nomada species for a complete list.

Nomada maculata, female

References

C. D. Michener (2000) The Bees of the World, Johns Hopkins University Press.

External links

Image Gallery
http://www.bugguide.net (Search for Nomada, North American species only)

Brood parasite

Birds

Anseriformes	Black-headed duck

Passeriformes	Cowbird Cuckoo-finch Viduidae Shiny cowbird Brown-headed cowbird Screaming cowbird Giant cowbird Bronzed cowbird

Cuculiformes	Common cuckoo Striped cuckoo Pheasant cuckoo Asian koel Jacobin cuckoo Indian cuckoo Diederik cuckoo Great spotted cuckoo

Piciformes	Honeyguide Thick-billed honeyguide Greater honeyguide

Fish

Of Mouthbrooders	Cuckoo catfish

Of Nestmakers	Pungtungia herzi

Insects

Cuckoo bees	Coelioxys Epeoloides Nomada Bombus (Psithyrus)

Wasps	Cuckoo wasps Ammophila sabulosa Polistes

Lycaenid butterflies	Phengaris alcon Phengaris arion Phengaris rebeli

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