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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Cuckoo Bees (Nomadinae) » Nomad Bees (Nomadini) » Nomad Bees (Nomada) » ruficornis species group, Typical Nomad Bees (Nomada ruficornis species group, Typical Nomad Bees) » Nomada bella

Species Nomada bella

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Nomadinae (Cuckoo Bees)
Tribe Nomadini (Nomad Bees)
Genus Nomada (Nomad Bees)
No Taxon (ruficornis species group, Typical Nomad Bees)
Species bella (Nomada bella)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nomada bella Cresson, 1863
Identification
All black scutellum and broad yellow tergal bands (John Ascher)
Range
Eastern
Discover Life Map
Food
Salix. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Remarks
"This species is a cleptoparasite of Andrena (including A. imitatrix I suspect) commonly seen in the New England forest understory in early spring." -- John Ascher
Print References
Cresson, E. T. 1863. On the North American species of the genus Nomada. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phil. 2:287-288
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by John F. Carr on 5 April, 2009 - 9:09pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon
Last updated 12 October, 2021 - 8:15pm

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