Nomia ( Nomia ) curvipes (Fabricius, 1793)

Nomia ( Nomia) curvipes (Fabricius, 1793) View in CoL

Figs 6 D – F View Figure 6 , 7 View Figure 7

Andrena curvipes Fabricius, 1793 .

Material examined.

Pakistan. Punjab, Bahawalpur • 1 ♂, 26 May 2020, A. Ahmad • 1 ♂, 6 June 2020, W. Akram • 1 ♀, 21 June 2020, W. Akram • 1 ♀ 2 ♂, 27 June 2020, W. Akram & A. Sajjad • 2 ♂, 28 June 2020, A. Ahmad • 2 ♀ 3 ♂, 4 July 2020 • 2 ♀ 1 ♂, 11 July 2020, A. Sajjad & A. Ahmad • 3 ♀ 6 ♂, 13 July 2020, W. Akram, A. Sajjad & A. Ahmad • 4 ♀, 20 July 2020, W. Akram & A. Ahmad • 1 ♀, 21 July 2020, A. Sajjad • 1 ♂, 6 August viii. 2020, W. Akram • 1 ♀ 1 ♂, 8 August 2020, W. Akram & A. Ahmad ; 1 ♀, 21 September 2020, W. Akram . Lodhran • 1 ♀ 1 ♂, 27 July 2020, W. Akram & A. Ahmad • 1 ♀, 20 July 2020, W. Akram • 2 ♀, 21 July 2020, W. Akram . Multan • 1 ♂, 27 June 2020, M. K. Rafique • 1 ♀, 20 August 2020, A. Sajjad • 1 ♂, 27 August 2020, M. K. Rafique . Khanewal • 3 ♂, 15 July 2020, A. Sajjad • 1 ♀ 2 ♂, 18 September 2020, A. Sajjad & W. Akram . Rahimyar Khan • 1 ♂, 21 July 2020, S. Hussain • 2 ♀, 8 August 2020, S. Hussain & Z. H. Dahri • 1 ♀ 1 ♂, 4 October 2020, Z. H. Dahri .

Diagnosis.

Female (Fig. 7 A, B View Figure 7 ): Body length ranges from 10–12 mm. Head: Closely but lightly punctate, clypeus transverse anteriorly and slightly convex, antennae testaceous brown. Mesosoma: Dense but coarsely punctured, rounded at the sides, concavo-truncate at the apex, testaceous brown legs, hind legs covered with glittering pale pubescence, tegulae testaceous brown, median segment and mesosoma with dense fulvo-ferruginous pubescence, fulvo-hyaline wings, slightly fuscous at apical margin, veins pale. Metasoma: Closely but lightly punctured, the apical margins of metasomal segments 1–4 with bright yellow bands, shiny and smooth. Male (Fig. 7 C, D View Figure 7 ): Body length ranges from 10–11 mm, hind femur very swollen, hind tibia broadened from the inner side; coxae, trochanters, and base of the femora black, femora, tibiae, and tarsi yellow. Genitalia (Fig. 7 E, F View Figure 7 ): Genital dorsal gonocoxite teeth prominent but short and slender penis valves wider in the middle and hook-like at the apex.

Distribution.

Nomia ( Nomia) curvipes is distributed in India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka ( Pauly 2008, 2009; Wijesekara 2001; Saini and Rathor 2012; Sharma et al. 2016; Chandra et al. 2019; Ascher and Pickering 2024). In Pakistan, this species has been reported from Layyah, Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Islamabad, and Rawalpindi ( Bodlah et al. 2016; Aslam et al. 2020; Bodlah et al. 2020).

Observed floral hosts.

Luffa acutangula , Tribulus terrestris , Cucumis momordica , Citrullus lanatus , Convolvulus arvensis , Portulaca oleracea , Cucumis melo , Tamarix aphylla , Medicago sativa , and Capsicum frutescens . Some other floral hosts i. e., Carthamus oxycantha and Phaseolus vulgaris of N. curvipes have been reported ( Bodlah et al. 2020).