Nevada Nomia
Dieunomia nevadensis (Cresson, 1874)
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Dieunomia nevadensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Halictidae
Genus: Dieunomia
Species:
D. nevadensis
Binomial name
Dieunomia nevadensis
(Cresson, 1874)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nomia nevadensis

Dieunomia nevadensis, the Nevada nomia, is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[2][3][4] It was first described by Ezra Cresson in 1874.[2]

Subspecies

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These five subspecies belong to the species Dieunomia nevadensis:[2]

  • Dieunomia nevadensis angelesia (Cockerell, 1910)
  • Dieunomia nevadensis arizonensis (Cockerell, 1899)
  • Dieunomia nevadensis bakeri (Cockerell, 1898)
  • Dieunomia nevadensis nevadensis (Cresson, 1874)
  • Dieunomia nevadensis stellata (Cross, 1958)

The subspecies Dieunomia nevadensis arizonensis is found in the southwestern and western United States and Mexico, and is easily distinguished by its extensively red abdomen.[5]

Dieunomia nevadensis bakeri

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Dieunomia nevadensis ssp. bakeri

Dieunomia nevadensis bakeri, sometimes also called Baker's dieunomia,[5] was first described as its own species by Cockerell[clarification needed] in 1898.[6] It was subordinated to Dieunomia nevadensis in 1930 based on genitals which appeared identical with those of Dieunomia nevadensis, despite the different outward appearance.[7] Dieunomia nevadensis bakeri is about 2 mm longer than general Dieunomia nevadensis and is more robust; it has a black instead of yellowish-red abdomen, coarser punctures in the mesothorax, and less red tubercules.[7]

The range of Dieunomia nevadensis bakeri extends eastward up to Texas, Florida, and North Carolina; westward as far as Colorado and Wyoming; and northward as far as Illinois.[5] Its range overlaps to an extent with that of Dieunomia nevadensis arizonensis.[5]

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    Front view of another example

References

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  1. ^ "Dieunomia nevadensis". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  2. ^ a b c "Dieunomia nevadensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ "Dieunomia nevadensis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  4. ^ a b c d "ID Guide to Bees of the National Butterfly Center". Sharp-Eatman Nature Photography. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  5. ^ "Report: Dieunomia nevadensis bakeri". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  6. ^ a b Blair, Beulah Hix (1930). "Nomia bakeri considered a subspecies of Nomia nevadensis". American Museum Novitates (433) – via American Museum of Natural History.

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