Nomada marshamella (Kirby, 1802)
(Marsham’s Nomad Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNomada marshamella (Marsham’s 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 marshamella (Marsham’s Nomad Bee) :
1: Nomada marshamella (Marsham’s Nomad Bee)
19 May 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 females, on and around Ivy leaves in late afternoon sunshine.
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennae - anterior view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Wings - highly enlarged - white background
2: Nomada marshamella (Marsham’s Nomad Bee)
19 Apr 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Large male, among Woodspurge
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
3: Nomada marshamella (Marsham’s Nomad Bee)
19 Apr 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Small male, among Woodspurge
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and antennae - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
4: Nomada marshamella (Marsham’s Nomad Bee)
4 May 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, flying around Hemlock Water-Dropwort
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Female - ventral view

Nomada marshamella (Marsham’s 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 marshamella (Marsham’s Nomad Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Nomada marshamella (Marsham’s Nomad Bee)
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