A checklist of Nomiinae (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Kerala, India: new distributional and floral association records

This study reports nine species of Nomiinae bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) for the first time from Kerala, India: Austronomia capitata (Smith, ۱۸۷۵), A. goniognatha (Cockerell, ۱۹۱۹), A. ustula (Cockerell, ۱۹۱۱), Gnathonomia argenteobalteata (Cameron, ۱۹۰۲), Hoplonomia incerta (Gribodo, ۱۸۹۴), Lipotriches torrida (Smith, ۱۸۷۹), L. exagens (Walker, ۱۸۶۰), Lipotriches minutula (Friese, ۱۹۰۹), and L. pulchriventris (Cameron, ۱۸۹۷). Lipotriches torrida, a rarely collected species, is documented outside its type locality for the first time. Another uncommon species, G. argenteobalteata, last recorded in ۱۹۰۲ from an unspecified location in India, has been rediscovered in the present study. A comprehensive checklist of ۴۲ Nomiinae species from Kerala is provided, incorporating new distributional records and floral associations based on original records and literature review. Brief diagnoses for all collected species are also presented.

کلیدواژه ها:

diagnosis ، Oriental ، pollinators ، rediscovery ، solitary bees