Nomia leucozonata penangensis Cockerell, 1920

Majumder, Bhaswati, Bossert, Silas, Yeshwanth, H. M. & Rameshkumar, A., 2025, Review of the Genus Maculonomia Wu (Apoidea: Halictidae: Nomiinae) from India, featuring a new species and new record, Zootaxa 5637 (1), pp. 126-138 : 131-135

Nomia leucozonata penangensis Cockerell, 1920

Fig. 4 (a–g); Fig. 5 (a–h); Fig. 6 (a–c)

Material examined: 1♀, INDIA: West Bengal, South 24 Parganas, Sunderban , Bali Island , 22°14’ 24” N, 88°27’0”E, 11.iii.2015, leg. B. Mitra, NZC ; 1♂, Sikkim, Sakkyong , 27° 34’12” N, 88° 24’36”E, 3.iii. 1912, leg. Unknown, NZC .

Diagnosis:

Female. Anterior edge of the clypeus black (4b). Scutum with fine punctures (4c). Apical margin of T2‒ T4 with ivory enamelled band (4e). Metasoma with amber, red or honey colour shade (4e). Legs are mostly black, hind tibia with average scopa (4f) and the inner spur with tighter teeth (4g). Male. Anterior part of Clypeus, labrum, mandibles, and scape testaceous. Scutellum with two conical protuberances (5c). Red and brown T1 and T2 (5d), with a transverse black mark on T1 (5e) and a narrow white band along the apical margin of T3 to T5 (5d). The apical lobe of the posterior tibia narrow triangular shape and well developed, Legs entirely light testaceous except tarsi II and III dark (5f, 5g).

Distribution: Cambodia, China ( Hong Kong), Malaysia, Vietnam ( Ascher & Pickering 2024), Singapore ( Ascher et al. 2022), Laos and Thailand ( Ascher et al. 2016), China (Yunnan) ( Nalinrachatakan et al. 2024), India (Sikkim and West Bengal) (new record).

Floral association: Unknown.

Remarks: The male holotype of Nomia (Paranomia) rufoclypeata Wu, 1983 was described from Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Xiaomengyang, and the name was later synonymized with Maculonomia penangensis ( Pauly, 2009) . The species is widely distributed in Southeast Asia but was previously not known from India.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Maculonomia penangensis (Cockerell). Female: a: Habitus, lateral view; b: Head, frontal view; c: Mesosoma, dorsal view; d: Metasoma (T1), dorsal view; e: Metasoma (T1–T4) dorsal view; f: Hind leg, Basi tibial Plate, dorsal view; g: Hind tibial spur (Scale bars: a, b, c, d, e, f: 1mm; g: 0.1mm).

FIGURE 5. Maculonomia penangensis (Cockerell). Male: a: Habitus, lateral view; b: Head, frontal view; c: Mesosoma, dorsal view; d: Metasoma (T1–T5) dorsal view; e: Metasoma (T1), dorsal view; f: Hind tibia, dorsal view; g: Hind tibia, lateral view; h: Sterna (S4-S6), ventral view. (Scale bars: a, b, d, e, f, g, h 1mm; c: 0.5mm).

FIGURE 6. Maculonomia penangensis (Cockerell). Male: a: Genitalia, dorsal view; b: Genitalia, ventral view; c: sternum 8, dorsal view (Scale bars: a, c: 0.5mm; b:1 mm).