Hoplonomia incerta ( Gribodo, 1894 )

Athul, Cherodath Sankar, Vishnu, Azhakath Viswambharan, Prakash, Anju Sara, Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan & Shaji, Edappilly Mathew, 2025, A checklist of Nomiinae (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from Kerala, India: new distributional and floral association records, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (3), pp. 601-623 : 609

Hoplonomia incerta ( Gribodo, 1894) ( Fig. 2O )

Nomia incerta Gribodo 1894:129 . Lectotype ♀, Java – Gribodo collection, MCSN.

Material examined. 2♂♂, India, Kerala, Thrissur, Vilangan Kunnu hillock (10°33'24.3108"N, 76°10'6.7296"E), 28.ix.2024, Swept, leg.: CSA .

Brief diagnosis. ♂, Body length 10 mm. Similar to H. elliotii in body length, colour, punctations, pubescence, but can be easily separated by the absence of enamelled band on first tergite and moderately swollen hind femora.

Distribution in India. Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram ( Ascher & Pickering, 2025; Majumder et al., 2024), Kerala (New record).

General distribution. Oriental – China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Sumba, Thailand; Palaearctic – Switzerland ( Ascher & Pickering, 2025).

Figures

Figure 2. Nomiinae of Kerala, adults dorsal view. A. Austronomia capitata (Smith, 1875) ♂; B. Austronomia capitata (Smith, 1875) ♀; C. Austronomia goniognatha (Cockerell, 1919) ♂; D. Austronomia pseudoscutellata Pauly, 2009 ♂; E. Austronomia ustula (Cockerell, 1911) ♂; F. Austronomia ustula (Cockerell, 1911) ♀; G. Curvinomia strigata (Fabricius, 1793) ♀; H. Gnathonomia argenteobalteata (Cameron, 1902) ♂; I. Gnathonomia aurata (Bingham, 1897) ♂; J. Gnathonomia aurata (Bingham, 1897) ♀; K. Gnathonomia thoracica (Smith, 1875) ♂; L. Gnathonomia thoracica (Smith, 1875) ♀; M. Hoplonomia elliotii (Smith, 1875) ♂; N. Hoplonomia elliotii (Smith, 1875) ♀; O. Hoplonomia incerta (Gribodo, 1894) ♂. Scale bars = 2 mm.