New Synonymies in the Bee Genus Nomada from North America (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

New Synonymies in the Bee Genus Nomada from North America (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Zootaxa 2661: 1–32 (2010) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2010 · Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) New synonymies in the bee genus Nomada from North America (Hymenoptera: Apidae) SAM DROEGE1, MOLLY G. RIGHTMYER2, 3, CORY S. SHEFFIELD4 & SEÁN G. BRADY3 1US Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Refuge, BARC-EAST, Building 308, Room 124, 10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA.E-mail: [email protected] 2USDA-ARS Pollinating Insects Research Unit, NRB 244 UMC 5310, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5310, USA. E-mail: [email protected] 3Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 188, Washington, D.C., 20013-37012, USA. E-mail: [email protected] 4Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada. E-mail: [email protected] Table of contents Abstract ............................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Material and methods .......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Taxonomy ............................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Nomada augustiana Mitchell ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Nomada bethunei Cockerell ......................................................................................................................................... 6 Nomada fervida Smith ................................................................................................................................................. 8 Nomada fragariae Mitchell ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Nomada lehighensis Cockerell .................................................................................................................................. 14 Nomada texana Cresson ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Nomada tiftonensis Cockerell .................................................................................................................................... 22 Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................................................... 23 Literature cited .................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Appendix ............................................................................................................................................................................ 25 Abstract We provide diagnostic morphological characters to help distinguish males and females of the following species of Nomada: N. augustiana Mitchell, N. bethunei Cockerell, N. fervida Smith, N. fragariae Mitchell, N. lehighensis Cockerell, N. texana Cresson, and N. tiftonensis Cockerell. Based on morphological and DNA barcoding evidence we newly synonymize the following species: N. heligbrodtii Cresson (under N. texana), N. indusata Mitchell (under N. augustiana), N. kingstonensis Mitchell (under N. lehighensis), N. pseudops Cockerell (under N. bethunei), and N. wisconsinensis Graenicher (under N. fervida). We provide full descriptions of the female of N. fragariae and the male of N. lehighensis, both of which were not previously known, and newly designate the lectotype of N. wisconsinensis. We additionally provide comments on the distribution, flight times, and host associations for the treated species. Key words: Nomadinae, Nomadini, DNA barcoding, taxonomy Accepted by E. Almeida: 22 Sep. 2010; published: 29 Oct. 2010 1.

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