Bees of subfamily Nomiinae (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Southern Punjab, Pakistan
To date, 26 species of the subfamily Nomiinae are known to occur in Pakistan. Among these, most of the species have been reported from the northern parts of Punjab, particularly the Pothwar region. In this study, sweat bees from the subfamily Nomiinae were collected from six districts of southern Pu...
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| author | Huanhuan Chen Waseem Akram Muhammad Naeem Nawaz Haider Bashir Sabir Hussain Maryam Riasat Asif Sajjad Ruilin Tian Ammad Ahmad Muhammad Khalid Rafique Zamin Hussain Dahri |
| author_facet | Huanhuan Chen Waseem Akram Muhammad Naeem Nawaz Haider Bashir Sabir Hussain Maryam Riasat Asif Sajjad Ruilin Tian Ammad Ahmad Muhammad Khalid Rafique Zamin Hussain Dahri |
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| description | To date, 26 species of the subfamily Nomiinae are known to occur in Pakistan. Among these, most of the species have been reported from the northern parts of Punjab, particularly the Pothwar region. In this study, sweat bees from the subfamily Nomiinae were collected from six districts of southern Punjab, Pakistan, to identify their taxonomic diversity. A total of nine species from four genera i.e., Austronomia Michener, 1965, Lipotriches Gerstaecker, 1858, Nomia Letreille, 1804, and Pseudapis Kirby, 1900 were identified. These species were Austronomia pilipes (Smith, 1875), Lipotriches (Armatriches) fervida (Smith, 1875), L. (Lipotriches) fulvinerva (Cameron, 1907), Nomia (Leuconomia) interstitialis Cameron, 1898, N. (Nomia) curvipes (Fabricius, 1793), N. (Hoplonomia) westwoodi (Gribodo, 1894), Pseudapis (Pseudapis) nilotica (Smith, 1875), P. (Pseudapis) oxybeloides (Smith, 1875), and P. (Nomiapis) bispinosa (Brulle, 1832). All the bee species except P. oxybeloides are reported for the first time from southern Punjab, Pakistan. A key to the genera of the subfamily Nomiinae, species, diagnoses, floral hosts, and distributions are provided. Moreover, habitus photographs and male genitalia illustrations are provided for each species except L. fervida and L. fulvinerva, as no male specimens were collected during the entire study period. This study will be helpful in the establishment of conservation strategies for native bees. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7c4d871dde6a403f893a7d23df7c057d2025-08-20T03:47:45ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29702025-05-01123826929610.3897/zookeys.1238.139993139993Bees of subfamily Nomiinae (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Southern Punjab, PakistanHuanhuan Chen0Waseem Akram1Muhammad Naeem2Nawaz Haider Bashir3Sabir Hussain4Maryam Riasat5Asif Sajjad6Ruilin Tian7Ammad Ahmad8Muhammad Khalid Rafique9Zamin Hussain Dahri10Qujing Normal UniversityThe Islamia University of BahawalpurQujing Normal UniversityQujing Normal UniversityHoneybee Research Institute (HBRI), National Agriculture Research Center (NARC)Riphah International UniversityThe Islamia University of BahawalpurInner Mongolia Normal UniversityBeekeeping and Hill Fruit Pest Research StationHoneybee Research Institute (HBRI), National Agriculture Research Center (NARC)Honeybee Research Institute (HBRI), National Agriculture Research Center (NARC)To date, 26 species of the subfamily Nomiinae are known to occur in Pakistan. Among these, most of the species have been reported from the northern parts of Punjab, particularly the Pothwar region. In this study, sweat bees from the subfamily Nomiinae were collected from six districts of southern Punjab, Pakistan, to identify their taxonomic diversity. A total of nine species from four genera i.e., Austronomia Michener, 1965, Lipotriches Gerstaecker, 1858, Nomia Letreille, 1804, and Pseudapis Kirby, 1900 were identified. These species were Austronomia pilipes (Smith, 1875), Lipotriches (Armatriches) fervida (Smith, 1875), L. (Lipotriches) fulvinerva (Cameron, 1907), Nomia (Leuconomia) interstitialis Cameron, 1898, N. (Nomia) curvipes (Fabricius, 1793), N. (Hoplonomia) westwoodi (Gribodo, 1894), Pseudapis (Pseudapis) nilotica (Smith, 1875), P. (Pseudapis) oxybeloides (Smith, 1875), and P. (Nomiapis) bispinosa (Brulle, 1832). All the bee species except P. oxybeloides are reported for the first time from southern Punjab, Pakistan. A key to the genera of the subfamily Nomiinae, species, diagnoses, floral hosts, and distributions are provided. Moreover, habitus photographs and male genitalia illustrations are provided for each species except L. fervida and L. fulvinerva, as no male specimens were collected during the entire study period. This study will be helpful in the establishment of conservation strategies for native bees.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/139993/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Huanhuan Chen Waseem Akram Muhammad Naeem Nawaz Haider Bashir Sabir Hussain Maryam Riasat Asif Sajjad Ruilin Tian Ammad Ahmad Muhammad Khalid Rafique Zamin Hussain Dahri Bees of subfamily Nomiinae (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Southern Punjab, Pakistan ZooKeys |
| title | Bees of subfamily Nomiinae (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Southern Punjab, Pakistan |
| title_full | Bees of subfamily Nomiinae (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Southern Punjab, Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Bees of subfamily Nomiinae (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Southern Punjab, Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bees of subfamily Nomiinae (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Southern Punjab, Pakistan |
| title_short | Bees of subfamily Nomiinae (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Southern Punjab, Pakistan |
| title_sort | bees of subfamily nomiinae hymenoptera halictidae from southern punjab pakistan |
| url | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/139993/download/pdf/ |
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