Nomia aegyptiaca DE DALLA TORRE, 1896

Nomia aegyptiaca n.nom.: DE DALLA TORRE 1896: 163 (replacement name for Nomia femoralis

WALKER, 1871, world cat. (Eritrea, not Egypt)). Nomia aegyptiaca DE DALLA TORRE, 1896: WARNCKE 1976: 114 (type not in Natural History

Museum in London, destroyed). Nomia aegyptiaca DE DALLA TORRE, 1896: PAULY 1990: 171 (tax., not seen). * Nomia femoralis n.sp.: WALKER 1871: 44 (descr. ♂, Dahlak Island). Osmia femoralis (WALKER, 1871): INNES BEY 1911: 105 (Dahlak Island, cat. Lord Collection).

D i s t r i b u t i o n:DahlakIsland.

Nomia aegyptiaca, which is only known from the original description, is not mentioned in

EARDLEY & URBAN (2010). Nomia femoralis WALKER, 1871 is a junior homonym of Nomia femoralis PALLAS, 1783.