Nomada flava Panzer, 1798
(Flavous Nomad Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNomada flava (Flavous Nomad Bee)
GenusNomada (nomad bees)
FamilyAPIDAE (bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Nomada flava (Flavous Nomad Bee) :
1: Nomada flava (Flavous Nomad Bee)
19 Apr 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, flying around footpath and plants beside it
Image 1: Female - anterior view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - hind-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
2: Nomada flava (Flavous Nomad Bee)
28 Apr 2016 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, flying over nettles
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - face and fore-legs - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head, antennae and fore-legs - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Wings - highly enlarged - white background
3: Nomada flava (Flavous Nomad Bee)
17 May 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Several seen around bare soil by Rabbit digging
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - white background

Nomada flava (Flavous Nomad Bee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Nomada flava (Flavous Nomad Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Nomada flava (Flavous Nomad Bee)
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