Austronomia capitata
Description
Austronomia capitata (Smith, 1875) (Fig. 2A–B)
Nomia capitata Smith, 1875:54. Holotype ♂, Northern India – BMNH.
Material examined. 2♂♂, India, Kerala, Thrissur, Kattoor Kole wetland (10°21'59.3892"N, 76°9'48.4236"E), 21.vi.2023, Swept, leg.: AVV; 1♀ 1♂, Muriyad Kole wetland (10°21'59.9328"N, 76°14'54.4704"E), 9.ix.2023, Swept, leg.: AVV; 1♀ 2♂♂, Chemmanda Kole wetland (10°23'44.6892"N, 76°11'54.1248"E), 28.xii.2023, Swept, leg.: AVV; 1♂, Alapad Kole wetland (10°26'47.5332"N, 76°9'55.3212"E), 17.xi.2023, Swept, leg.: AVV; 1♂ Thommana Kole wetland (10°20'39.066"N, 76°15'19.602"E), 23.ix.2023, Swept, leg.: CSA; 1♂, Chengaloor, near Kurumali river (10°23'36.0744"N, 76°18'16.4376"E), 26.xii.2023, Swept, leg.: CSA; 1♀, Kalashamala hillock (10°39'39.222"N, 76°5'27.0852"E), 15.xii.2023, Swept, leg.: CSA.
Brief diagnosis. ♂, Body length less than 7 mm. Hind tibia slightly swollen, with an elongated and pointed apical lobe bearing two tibial spurs. ♀, Body length, colour and pubescence similar to male, Punctation on tergites weak.
Distribution in India. Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab, West Bengal (Pauly, 2009; Pannure & Belavadi, 2017; Majumder et al., 2024; Ascher & Pickering, 2025), Kerala (New record).
General distribution. Oriental – India, Sri Lanka (Ascher & Pickering, 2025).
Floral association. Tectona grandis (Lamiaceae) (Pannure & Belavadi, 2017); Cleome rutidosperma, Cleome viscosa (Cleomaceae), Cyanthillium cinereum, Mikania micrantha (Asteraceae), Mimosa pudica, Neustanthus phaseoloides (Fabaceae), Sesamum radiatum (Pedaliaceae) (New records).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH
- Event date
- 2023-06-21 , 2023-09-09 , 2023-09-23 , 2023-11-17 , 2023-12-15 , 2023-12-26 , 2023-12-28
- Verbatim event date
- 2023-06-21 , 2023-09-09 , 2023-09-23 , 2023-11-17 , 2023-12-15 , 2023-12-26 , 2023-12-28
- Scientific name authorship
- Smith
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Halictidae
- Genus
- Austronomia
- Species
- capitata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Austronomia capitata (Smith, 1875) sec. Athul, Vishnu, Prakash, Bijoy & Shaji, 2025
References
- Smith, F. (1875) Descriptions of new species of Bees belonging to the genus Nomia of Latreille. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 5, 42-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1875.tb01900.x
- Pauly, A. (2009) Classification des Nomiinae de la Region Orientale, de Nouvelle-Guinee et des iles de l'Ocean Pacifique (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae). Bulletin de l'Institute Royal Des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 79, 151-229.
- Pannure, A. & Belavadi, V. V. (2017) An updated distributional checklist of Bees of the subfamily Nomiinae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) with new records from south India. Entomon, 42 (4), 311-328.
- Majumder, B., Nath, R., Kazmi, S. I., Senapati, S. K. & Rameshkumar, A. (2024) Checklist of Nomiinae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) from West Bengal, India with new records. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 10 (4), 703-717. https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.4.703
- Ascher, J. S. & Pickering, J. (2025) Discover Life Bee Species Guide and World Checklist Website. https://www.discoverlife.org/%20 [Accessed 25 th September 2024]