Nomia (Nomia) curvipes (Fabricius, 1793)

Figs 6 D – F, 7

Andrena curvipes Fabricius, 1793.

Material examined.

Pakistan. Punjab, Bahawalpur • 1 ♂, 26 May 2020, A. Ahmad • 1 ♂, 6 June 2020, W. Akram • 1 ♀, 21 June 2020, W. Akram • 1 ♀ 2 ♂, 27 June 2020, W. Akram & A. Sajjad • 2 ♂, 28 June 2020, A. Ahmad • 2 ♀ 3 ♂, 4 July 2020 • 2 ♀ 1 ♂, 11 July 2020, A. Sajjad & A. Ahmad • 3 ♀ 6 ♂, 13 July 2020, W. Akram, A. Sajjad & A. Ahmad • 4 ♀, 20 July 2020, W. Akram & A. Ahmad • 1 ♀, 21 July 2020, A. Sajjad • 1 ♂, 6 August viii. 2020, W. Akram • 1 ♀ 1 ♂, 8 August 2020, W. Akram & A. Ahmad; 1 ♀, 21 September 2020, W. Akram. Lodhran • 1 ♀ 1 ♂, 27 July 2020, W. Akram & A. Ahmad • 1 ♀, 20 July 2020, W. Akram • 2 ♀, 21 July 2020, W. Akram. Multan • 1 ♂, 27 June 2020, M. K. Rafique • 1 ♀, 20 August 2020, A. Sajjad • 1 ♂, 27 August 2020, M. K. Rafique. Khanewal • 3 ♂, 15 July 2020, A. Sajjad • 1 ♀ 2 ♂, 18 September 2020, A. Sajjad & W. Akram. Rahimyar Khan • 1 ♂, 21 July 2020, S. Hussain • 2 ♀, 8 August 2020, S. Hussain & Z. H. Dahri • 1 ♀ 1 ♂, 4 October 2020, Z. H. Dahri.

Diagnosis.

Female (Fig. 7 A, B): Body length ranges from 10–12 mm. Head: Closely but lightly punctate, clypeus transverse anteriorly and slightly convex, antennae testaceous brown. Mesosoma: Dense but coarsely punctured, rounded at the sides, concavo-truncate at the apex, testaceous brown legs, hind legs covered with glittering pale pubescence, tegulae testaceous brown, median segment and mesosoma with dense fulvo-ferruginous pubescence, fulvo-hyaline wings, slightly fuscous at apical margin, veins pale. Metasoma: Closely but lightly punctured, the apical margins of metasomal segments 1–4 with bright yellow bands, shiny and smooth. Male (Fig. 7 C, D): Body length ranges from 10–11 mm, hind femur very swollen, hind tibia broadened from the inner side; coxae, trochanters, and base of the femora black, femora, tibiae, and tarsi yellow. Genitalia (Fig. 7 E, F): Genital dorsal gonocoxite teeth prominent but short and slender penis valves wider in the middle and hook-like at the apex.

Distribution.

Nomia (Nomia) curvipes is distributed in India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka (Pauly 2008, 2009; Wijesekara 2001; Saini and Rathor 2012; Sharma et al. 2016; Chandra et al. 2019; Ascher and Pickering 2024). In Pakistan, this species has been reported from Layyah, Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Islamabad, and Rawalpindi (Bodlah et al. 2016; Aslam et al. 2020; Bodlah et al. 2020).

Observed floral hosts.

Luffa acutangula, Tribulus terrestris, Cucumis momordica, Citrullus lanatus, Convolvulus arvensis, Portulaca oleracea, Cucumis melo, Tamarix aphylla, Medicago sativa, and Capsicum frutescens. Some other floral hosts i. e., Carthamus oxycantha and Phaseolus vulgaris of N. curvipes have been reported (Bodlah et al. 2020).