Nomada australensis

Nomada australensis
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Nomada
Species:
N. australensis
Binomial name
Nomada australensis
Perkins, 1912
Synonyms
  • Nomda rubinii Rayment, 1930

Nomada australensis, is a species of bee in the family Apidae and subfamily Nomadinae. It is endemic to Australia. It was described by British entomologist Robert Cyril Layton Perkins in 1912.

Description

Female body length is about 6 mm. Integumental colouration is mainly black and brown.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in north-eastern Australia. The type locality is Kuranda, Queensland.

Behaviour

The adults are solitary flying mellivores. They are kleptoparasitic on other bees, possibly on Lasioglossum species, as brood parasites.

Male

References

  1. 1 2 3 Perkins, RCL (1912). "Notes, with descriptions of new species, on aculeate Hymenoptera of the Australian Region". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. 9: 96–121 [116]. Retrieved 2026-10-25.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Species Nomada australensis Perkins, 1912". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-25.