Nomada vegana Cockerell, 1903
Properties
Scientific Name: Nomada vegana Cockerell, 1903
Common Name: Nomada vegana
Taxonomy
Nomada modesta Cresson, 1863: 286 [♀, ♂]. Preoccupied, not Nomada modesta Herrich-Schäffer, 1839; not Nomada modesta Schmeideknecht, 1882.
Lectotype ♀, desginated by Cresson (1916: 124). USA, Illinois [presumably Rock Island, by B.D. Walsh] [ANSP no. 2599].
Nomada modesta var. vegana Cockerell, 1903: 610 [♀]. Synonymy of N. modesta Cresson, 1863) first suspected by Swenk (1913: 27); synonymy by Hurd (1979: 2112).
Lectotype♀, desginated by Cockerell (1912: 235). USA, New Mexico, Las Vegas, 12 July 1899, by A. Garlick [UCMNH].
Nomada (Micronomada) vegana var. nitescens Cockerell, 1905: 76 [♀]. Synonymy of N. modesta Cresson, 1863) by Hurd (1979: 2112).
Holotype ♀. USA, Colorado, Fort Collins, 8 August 1899, by E.S.G. Titus [USNM no. 27704].
Taxonomic Notes: Nomada vegana Cockerell is the type species for Micronomada Cockerell (Cockerell 1903: 610).
Cockerell (1903: 610) listed two locations for the syntype series of N. modesta var. vegana, New Mexico (Las Vegas) and Colorado (Colorado Springs), and no clear designation was made. However, Cockerell (1912: 235) indicated Las Vegas as the type location, so that work is considered a desgination of the lectotype.
Nomada vegana Cockerell was first considered a distinct species by Cockerell (1905: 76) who also recognized the male, indicating that they were similar to N. modesta Cresson, but smaller. Swenk (1913: 27) suspected that N. modesta vegana was conspecific with N. modesta, and Rodeck (1951: 1203) and Hurd (1979: 2112) later considered both Cockerell’s taxa as synonyms of N. modesta. Since N. modesta Cresson is a preoccupied name (see Alexander and Schwarz 1994: 242), N. vegana is the valid name for this taxon.
DNA Barcode Index Number (BIN): BOLD:ACJ2016
Distribution in Canada: AB, SK
References
Cresson ET (1916) The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 1: 1-141.
Swenk MH (1913) Studies of North American bees I. Family Nomadidae. Univeristy Studies of the University of Nebraska 12(1): 1-113.
Cockerell TDA (1903) North American bees of the genus Nomada. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 55: 580-614.https://www.jstor.org/stable/4062915
Cockerell TDA (1912) Names applied to bees of the genus Nomada, found in North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 41(1852): 225-243.
Cockerell TDA (1905) The bees of the genus Nomada found in Colorado, with a table to separate all the species of the Rocky Mountains. Bulletin of the Agricultural Experimental Station of the Colorado Agricultural College 94: 69-85.
Rodeck HG (1951) Tribe Nomadini. In: Muesebeck CF, Krombein KV, Townes HK (Eds) Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico Synoptic Catalog. 2. United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Monograph, Washington. Pp. 1189-1207.
Alexander BA, Schwarz M (1994) A catalog of the species of Nomada (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the World. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 55(7): 239-270.
Cresson ET (1863) On the North American species of the genus Nomada. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2: 280-312.
Sociality: Parasitic
Nesting: Ground
Pollen Specialization: Not Applicable
Crop Preference: Not Available
Non Crop Preference: Not Available
Distribution: Alberta, Saskatchewan
Ecozone: Prairie