DISTRIBUTION AND HOST PLANTS OF SPECIES BELONGING TO GENUS NOM!A (HALICTIDAE,HYMENOPTERA) IN EGYPT.

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

In a survey carried out during 1987/88 and 1988 /89 in 21 lo­calities in 14 governorates from Alexandria north to Luxor South, six species belonging to the genus Nomia i.e. Nomia edentata Mar., N. iner­mis Mar., N. innesi Crib., N. magrettii Crib., N. rifiventris Spin., and N.rufiventris var. albicincta Luc., were recorded visiting 21 plant species belonging to families Leguminosae, Umbilliferae, Labiatae, Geraniaceae, Cruciferae, Compasitae, Tamariaceae and Malvaceae plant families. The surveyed species were most abundant in Ismailia, Giza and Qalubiya gov­ernorates. Their activity covered all months of the year except Novem­ber, and they were most abundant during March , April and December.