Gnathonomia aurata
Description
Gnathonomia aurata (Bingham, 1897) (Fig. 2I–J)
Nomia aurata Bingham, 1897:458. Lectotype ♂, Tenasserim, Haundraw Valley – BMNH.
Material examined. 1♂, India, Kerala, Thrissur, Kalashamala hillock (10°39'39.222"N, 76°5'27.0852"E), 19.xi.2023, Swept, leg.: CSA. 2♀♀ 2♂♂ Kottat, near Chalakudy river (10°16'52.4208"N, 76°18'39.8592" E), 20.i.2024, Swept, leg.: CSA.
Brief diagnosis. ♂, Length 9–12 mm. First two tergites red, hind femur strongly developed and swollen, hind tibia with a C-shaped apical projection. ♀, Body length, colour, pubescence, tergites same as in males.
Distribution in India. Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh (Pauly, 2009; Pannure & Belavadi, 2017; Manjusha & Jobiraj, 2017, 2018; Prakash et al., 2020; Ascher & Pickering, 2025)
General distribution. Oriental – Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand (Ascher & Pickering, 2025).
Floral association. Unknown.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH
- Event date
- 2023-11-19 , 2024-01-20
- Verbatim event date
- 2023-11-19 , 2024-01-20
- Scientific name authorship
- Bingham
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Halictidae
- Genus
- Gnathonomia
- Species
- aurata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- lectotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Gnathonomia aurata (Bingham, 1897) sec. Athul, Vishnu, Prakash, Bijoy & Shaji, 2025
References
- Bingham, C. T. (1897) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera. Wasps and Bees. Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. 564 p. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.100738
- 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.
- Manjusha, K. T. & Jobiraj, T. (2017) New records of the bee genus Gnathonomia Pauly (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) from Kerala. Applied Zoologists Research Association, 28 (2), 216-218.
- Manjusha, K. T. & Jobiraj, T. (2018) New record of Leuconomia brevipes from India with a checklist of Nominid bees (Apoidea: Halictidae; Nomiinae) from Kerala. Journal of Experimental Zoology India, 21 (2), 897-900.
- Prakash, A. S., Jobiraj, T. & Bijoy, C. (2020) A checklist of bees (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Kerala. Entomon, 45 (3), 189-200. https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v45i3.550
- 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]