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Nomia
amabilis
Cockerell, 1908
(Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda,
South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
Nomia
alluaudi
(Pauly, 2000)
(Kenya, Tanzania)
Nomia ampla
Walker, 1871 (Djibouti)
Nomia
ampliata
Vachal, 1903
(Tanzania) |
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Nomia
antecedens
Cockerell, 1931
(Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Sudan) |
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Nomia
apicalis
Friese, 1941 (South
Africa)
Nomia atripes
(Friese, 1909)
(Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) |
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Nomia
bicoloripes
Walker, 1871
(Somalia)
Nomia bongo
(Pauly, 2000) (Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Gabon)
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Nomia
bouyssoui
Vachal, 1903
(Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial
Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Uganda)
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Nomia
brevipes
Friese, 1914 (South
Africa)
Nomia
brothersi
(Pauly, 2000)
(Namibia, South Africa)
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Nomia calida
Westwood, 1875 (Gambia,
Mozambique, Tanzania)
Nomia
camerunensis
(Pauly, 1990) (Cameroon)
Nomia candida
Smith, 1875
(Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial
Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra
Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
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Nomia
chandleri
(Ashmead, 1899)
(Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South
Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia)
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Nomia
cincticauda
Cockerell, 1943
(Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa)
Nomia
clavicauda
Cockerell, 1947
(Uganda)
Nomia
clypeonitida
(Pauly, 2000) (Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria)
Nomia
crocisaeformis
Bingham, 1903 (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal, Togo)
Nomia cuneata
Saussure, 1891
(Madagascar)
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Nomia dayi
(Pauly, 1997) (Madagascar)
Nomia
eburneifrons
Walker, 1871 (Djibouti)
Nomia elephas
Strand, 1911
(Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa,
Tanzania, Zambia)
Nomia
epileuca
Cockerell, 1939
(Namibia)
Nomia
ethiopica
(Pauly, 2000)
(Ethiopia) |
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Nomia felina
Cockerell, 1947 (South
Africa)
Nomia
ferruginipennis
Cockerell, 1947 (South Africa)
Nomia
ferruginipes
Cockerell, 1947 (Malawi)
Nomia
forbesii
(Kirby, 1900)
(Kenya, Sudan, Yemen) |
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Nomia
garambensis
(Pauly, 2000)
(Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Nomia
gorytoides
Strand, 1911
(Madagascar)
Nomia
granulata
Vachal, 1903
(Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon,
Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)
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Nomia
ivoirensis
(Pauly, 1990)
(Ivory Coast, Nigeria)
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Nomia kinduna
Strand, 1921
(Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
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Nomia
laevidorsata
Benoist, 1962 (Madagascar)
Nomia
lamottei
Benoist, 1957
(Guinea)
Nomia
lubumbashica
Cockerell, 1943 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Nomia lutea
(Warncke, 1976) (Cameroon,
Mali, Niger, Sudan)
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Nomia
maculata
Friese, 1904
(Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya,
Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia)
Nomia marana
Cockerell, 1941 (Kenya)
Nomia
marginata
(Pauly, 1990)
(Mozambique, South Africa)
Nomia
medionitens
Cockerell, 1947
(South Africa)
Nomia
microlutea
(Pauly, 2000)
(Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Nigeria)
Nomia
mlanjensis
(Pauly, 2000)
(Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
Nomia montana
Friese, 1941 (South
Africa)
Nomia
montivaga
Friese, 1941 (South
Africa) |
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Nomia
nigrociliata
Cockerell, 1932 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe)
Nomia
nilssoni
(Pauly, 1991)
(Madagascar)
Nomia
politula
Cockerell, 1943
(Malawi)
Nomia
polytricha
Cockerell, 1944
(Kenya)
Nomia
postscutellaris
Strand, 1914 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,
Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
Nomia
pretoriensis
Cockerell, 1947 (South Africa)
Nomia
pulawskii
(Pauly, 1997)
(Madagascar) |
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Nomia
quadrispinosa
Friese, 1930 (Tanzania, Zimbabwe)
Nomia
quadrituberculata
(Cameron, 1905) (South Africa) |
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Nomia
ranavalona
(Pauly, 1990)
(Madagascar)
Nomia rozeni
(Pauly, 2000) (Namibia)
Nomia
rufitarsis
Smith, 1875
(Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania,
Zimbabwe)
Nomia
rufosuffusa
Cockerell, 1935
(Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda,
Zambia, Zimbabwe) |
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Nomia scitula
Bingham, 1903
(Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South
Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe) |
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Nomia
scutellaris
Saussure, 1891
(Madagascar)
Nomia
senticosa
Vachal, 1897
(Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo)
Nomia seyrigi
Benoist, 1964
(Madagascar)
Nomia
somalica
Friese, 1908
(Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Togo,
Zambia)
Nomia
spinosipes
Cockerell, 1947
(Zambia)
Nomia stageri
(Pauly, 2000)
(Kenya)
Nomia starkei
(Pauly, 2000)
(South Africa) |
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Nomia theryi
Gribodo, 1894 (Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,
Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia)
Nomia
tibiaplumosa
(Pauly, 2000) (Tanzania)
Nomia
trichonota
Cockerell, 1939
(Namibia)
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Nomia vassei
(Pauly, 2000) (Malawi,
Mozambique, Tanzania)
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Nomia
viridicincta
Meade-Waldo, 1916 (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Malawi,
Nigeria, Uganda)
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Nomia
viridilimbata
Saussure, 1891 (Comores, Madagascar) |
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Nomia
whiteana
(Cameron, 1905)
(South Africa) |
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Nomia zonaria
Walker, 1871
(Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal,
Sudan, Togo) |
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Nomia zualula
Strand, 1912
(Tanzania) |
Distribution
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Worldwide. |
Biology
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Solitary or eusocial with most nesting in the
ground, some nest in wood. Mass-provision individual
cells with pollen and nectar, which are then sealed after a
single egg is laid on the provision. |
Reference
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Brothers D.J. 1999.
Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea,
Vespoidea and Apoidea). Zoologica Scripta 28: 233–250.
Eardley, C & Urban, R. 2010. Catalogue
of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes).
Zootaxa 2455: 1-548.
Eardley, C, Finnamore, A.T. & Michener, C.D. 1993. Superfamily Apoidea (pp.
279-357). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World:
an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture
Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
Eardley C.,Kuhlmann M., Pauly A. 2010.
The Bee Genera and Subgenera of sub-Saharan Africa. Abc Taxa vol 7: i-vi,
138 pp.
Michener, C.D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins
University Press. 953 pp. |
Credits
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Photographs © Connal Eardley, Michael Kuhlmann, Alain Pauly first published in Eardley et al. 2010.
Map illustration © Simon
van Noort (Iziko Museums
of South Africa).
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