Nomia fusciventris, 2020

Zhang, Dan, Niu, Ze-Qing, Orr, Michael C., Ascher, John S. & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2020, Chinese species of Nomia (Gnathonomia) Pauly, 2005 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea Halictidae: Nomiinae), Zootaxa 4768 (1), pp. 76-94 : 78

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.1.5
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B5409282-6539-4486-8C7A-CF38FE15C955
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3795464
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E61F577E-880F-C24F-95EE-FE20CFB8FAE5
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Nomia fusciventris
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Key to the Chinese species of subgenus N. ( Gnathonomia )

(Female of N. fusciventris Zhang & Niu , sp. nov. unknown, females of N. aurata and N. wahisi were not examined here, characters adapted from Pauly (2009))

1 Female: Flagellum with 10 segments..................................................................... 2

- Male: Flagellum with 11 segments....................................................................... 5

2 Mesoscutum and scutellum completely covered by dense short felt-like hairs ( Fig. 9b View FIGURE 9 )..................... N. thoracica View in CoL

- Mesoscutum and scutellum with sparse long hairs ( Fig. 12c View FIGURE 12 ) …................................................. 3

3 Apical margin of T1–4 with white or yellowish bands................................................. N. aurata

- Apical margin of T1–4 nearly transparent …............................................................... 4

4 T3–4 with basal hair bands, possibly obscured by prior segment ( Fig. 12e View FIGURE 12 ) …................................ N. pieli

- T3–4 without basal hair bands ….................................................................. N. wahisi

5 Mesoscutum and scutellum completely covered by dense short felt-like hairs ( Fig. 7a View FIGURE 7 )..................... N. thoracica View in CoL

- Mesoscutum and scutellum with sparse long hairs ( Fig. 1c View FIGURE 1 )..................................................… 6

6 Hind tibia with large projection ( Figs 3e View FIGURE 3 , 5f View FIGURE 5 ); hind femur strongly developed ( Figs 3e View FIGURE 3 , 5f View FIGURE 5 ); apical margin of T2–5 with colored bands (on T1 absent sometimes) …....................................................................... 7

- Hind tibia without large projection ( Figs 1d View FIGURE 1 , 10d View FIGURE 10 ); hind femur weakly developed ( Figs 1d View FIGURE 1 , 10d View FIGURE 10 ); apical margin of T1–5 without conspicuous colored bands............................................................................. 8

7 Hind tibia with tooth-like projection and rectangle swollen projection apically ( Fig. 5f View FIGURE 5 ); metapostnotum with narrow longitudinal wrinkles ( Fig. 5d View FIGURE 5 ).......................................................................... N. wahisi

- Hind tibia only with weakly C-shaped projection apically, without swollen projection ( Fig. 3e View FIGURE 3 ); metapostnotum with broad longitudinal wrinkles ( Fig. 3c View FIGURE 3 )................................................................... N. aurata

8 Upper lateral surface of propodeum with dense, nearly confluent punctures, without narrow shiny interspaces ( Fig. 10f View FIGURE 10 ); T3–4 with stronger basal hair bands across much of basal ( Fig. 10e View FIGURE 10 )............................................ N. pieli

- Upper lateral surface of propodeum with sparse, coarse punctures, narrow shiny interspaces ( Fig. 1b View FIGURE 1 ); T3–4 with smaller apical hair bands reduced to side ( Fig. 1e View FIGURE 1 )......................................... N. fusciventris Zhang & Niu , sp. nov.