Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
Nomia (bee)
| Nomia | |
|---|---|
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Nomia_universitatis,_M,_face,_South_Dakota,_Jackson_County_2012-11-28-14.43.41_ZS_PMax_(8234985242).jpg)
| |
| Nomia universitatis | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Halictidae |
| Subfamily: | Nomiinae |
| Genus: | Nomia Latreille, 1804 |
| Species | |
|
> 150 species in 7 subgenera | |
Nomia is a 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.[1] Nomia species are found Africa, tropical Asia, Australia, and in North America.[2] There are about 130 species world wide.[3]
Nomia melanderi is an important pollinator of alfalfa. They prefer to nest in salty soils. The Walla Walla Valley farmers in Washington State not only sell alfalfa, but some farmers also raise and sell this species of bee.[4]
- ^ Hannan, Abdul (2013). "Nesting biology and life cycle of Nomia (Acunomia) chalybeata Smith on Iriomote Island, southernmost Archipelago of Japan, with notes on the simultaneous occurrence of diapausing and non-diapausing prepupae within the same nests (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)". Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences. 12 (2): 91–99. doi:10.1016/j.jssas.2012.08.002.
- ^ "Frontmatter", The Bees in Your Backyard, Princeton University Press, pp. 1–4, 2016-12-31, doi:10.1515/9781400874156-fm, ISBN 978-1-4008-7415-6
- ^ "Genus Nomia - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
- ^ Wine, Emily (2016). "Determining ideal soil conditions for rearing alkali bees (Nomia melanderi)". 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Entomological Society of America. doi:10.1603/ice.2016.115623.
Previous Page Next Page
