Pseudapis (Nomiapis) bispinosa (Brullé, 1832)

Chen, Huanhuan, Akram, Waseem, Naeem, Muhammad, Bashir, Nawaz Haider, Hussain, Sabir, Riasat, Maryam, Sajjad, Asif, Tian, Ruilin, Ahmad, Ammad, Rafique, Muhammad Khalid & Dahri, Zamin Hussain, 2025, Bees of subfamily Nomiinae (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Southern Punjab, Pakistan, ZooKeys 1238, pp. 269-296 : 269-296

Pseudapis (Nomiapis) bispinosa (Brullé, 1832)

Figs 10 G – I , 12

Nomia bispinosa Brullé, 1832 .

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 ): 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 ): 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 ): 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).

Figures

Figure 10. A – C Pseudapis nilotica (Smith, 1875), female A lateral view of head showing carinae under the compound eye B mesosoma showing propodeum C metasoma showing terga D – F P. oxybeloides (Smith, 1875), female D head and mesosoma showing tegulae E hind leg F metasoma showing terga G – I P. bispinosa (Brullé, 1832), female G mesosoma showing tegulae H hind leg I metasoma showing terga.

Figure 12. Pseudapis bispinosa (Brullé, 1832) A dorsal habitus, female B lateral habitus, female C dorsal habitus, male D lateral habitus, male E male genitalia, dorsal view F male genitalia, ventral view.