Pseudapis oxybeloides
Description
Pseudapis oxybeloides (Smith, 1875) (Fig. 3N–O)
Nomia oxybeloides Smith, 1875:42. Lectotype ♀, Nischiudipore Bangladesh – BMNH.
Material examined. 1♂, India, Kerala, Thrissur, Kalashamala hillock (10°39'39.222"N, 76°5'27.0852"E), 15. xii.2023, Swept, leg.: CSA; 1♂ Kottat, near Chalakudy river (10°16'52.4208"N, 76°18'39.8592"E), 19.xii.2023, Swept, leg.: CSA; 1♀, Vilangan Kunnu hillock (10°33'24.3108"N, 76°10'6.7296"E), 1.VIii.2023, Swept, leg.: CSA; 1♀ 1♂, Chemmanda Kole wetland (10°23'44.6892"N, 76°11'54.1248"E), 16.x.2023, Swept, leg.: AVV.
Brief diagnosis. ♂, Scutellum without any projections, propodeal area limited by a fine carina, hind femur greatly swollen and with long spatulate hairs ventrally, hind tibia compressed and expanded with concave anterior side. ♀, Body length, colour, pubescence, tegulae, tergites as in males.
Distribution in India. Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (Pauly, 2009; Saini & Rathor, 2012; Pannure & Belavadi, 2017; Manjusha & Jobiraj, 2018; Majumder et al., 2024; Ascher & Pickering, 2025).
General distribution. Oriental - Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka; Palaearctic - Russia (Ascher & Pickering, 2025).
Floral association. Aegle marmelos (Rutaceae), Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae), Melaleuca citrina (Myrtaceae), Sorghum bicolor (Poaceae), Tridax procumbens (Asteraceae) (Pannure & Belavadi, 2017); Alternanthera sessilis (Amaranthaceae), Cyanthillium cinereum (Asteraceae), Mikania micrantha (Asteraceae), Mimosa pudica (Fabaceae), Spermacoce alata (Rubiaceae), Sphagneticola trilobata (Asteraceae) (New records).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH
- Event date
- 2023-08-01 , 2023-10-16 , 2023-12-15 , 2023-12-19
- Verbatim event date
- 2023-08-01 , 2023-10-16 , 2023-12-15 , 2023-12-19
- Scientific name authorship
- Smith
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Halictidae
- Genus
- Pseudapis
- Species
- oxybeloides
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- lectotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pseudapis oxybeloides (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.
- Saini, M. S. & Rathor, V. S. (2012) A species checklist of family Halictidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) along with keys to its subfamilies, genera & subgenera from India. International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 3 (1), 134-166.
- 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. (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.
- 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]