Nomada flavopicta (Kirby, 1802)
(Blunthorn Nomad Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNomada flavopicta (Blunthorn 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 flavopicta (Blunthorn Nomad Bee) :
1: Nomada flavopicta (Blunthorn Nomad Bee)
30 Jul 2006 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, visiting Ragwort
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Head - anterior view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 3: Head - anterior view - close-up - magnifiedImage 4: Head - antero-ventral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 5: Head - antero-ventral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 6: Head - antero-ventral view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 7: Ventral view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Ventral view - coxae - close-up - magnifiedImage 9: Ventral view - mid and hind coxae - close-up - magnifiedImage 10: Visiting Ragwort - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Visiting Ragwort - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 12: Visiting Ragwort - dorsal view - enlargedImage 13: Visiting Ragwort - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged

Nomada flavopicta (Blunthorn 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 flavopicta (Blunthorn Nomad Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Nomada flavopicta (Blunthorn Nomad Bee)
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