Pseudapis ( Nomiapis ) bispinosa (Brullé, 1832)

Pseudapis ( Nomiapis) bispinosa (Brullé, 1832) View in CoL

Figs 10 G – I View Figure 10 , 12 View Figure 12

Nomia bispinosa Brullé, 1832 View in CoL .

Material examined.

Pakistan. Punjab, Bahawalpur • 8 ♀ 7 ♂, 9 April 2020, W. Akram, A. Sajjad & A. Ahmad • 1 ♂, 11 April 2020, W. Akram • 1 ♀ 8 ♂, 14 April 2020, W. Akram, A. Sajjad & A. Ahmad • 2 ♀ 2 ♂, 29 May 2020, W. Akram & A. Ahmad • 1 ♀ 1 ♂, 18 September 2020, W. Akram ; Khanewal • 6 ♀ 13 ♂, 31 March 2021, A. Sajjad, W. Akram & A. Ahmad ; Multan • 2 ♀ 1 ♂, 29 March 2020, A. Sajjad & M. K. Rafique • 1 ♀ 2 ♂, 30 March 2020, A. Sajjad .

Diagnosis.

Female (Fig. 12 A, B View Figure 12 ): Body length 9.5–12 mm. Head: Clypeus narrower ~ 2 × wider than the longer, frontal line wide and prominent, vertex ~ 3 × diameter of ocellus. Mesosoma: Tegulae posteriorly hyaline; femora black, tibiae and tarsi testaceous, mesoscutum with semi-recumbent scaly hairs along with anterior pronotum. Metasoma: Abdominal terga with basal hair bands and apical shiny golden layer. Male (Fig. 12 C, D View Figure 12 ): Body length 9–11.5 mm. Mesothorax without any process on the ventral surface, scarcely developed distal process of hind tibia, basitarsi yellowish and shiny, sternum 4 with straight posterior margin, thickening in the middle and without emargination. Genitalia (Fig. 12 E, F View Figure 12 ): Similar to P. oxybeloides but the inner side of the gonostylus contains comb-like structure.

Distribution.

Pseudapis ( Nomiapis) bispinosa is distributed in Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, China, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Malta, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine ( Astafurova and Pesenko 2006; Ascher and Rasmussen 2010; Güler et al. 2011; Saini and Rathor 2012; Dunford et al. 2014; Safi et al. 2016; Augul 2018; Hosseini et al. 2019; Nazari et al. 2019; Lhomme et al. 2020; Ascher and Pickering 2024). This species is the first time reported from southern Punjab, Pakistan.

Observed floral hosts.

Tagetes erecta , Heliotropium crispum , Chrozophora tinctoria , Trifolium alexandrinum , Calotropis procera , Carthamus tinctorius , Carthamus oxyacantha , and Convolvulus arvensis . Some other floral hosts i. e., Medicago sp. and Mentha sp. of P. bispinosa have been reported ( Nazari et al. 2019).