First mention of Nomada numida Lepeletier 1841 (Apoidea - Apidae - Nomadini) for mainland France. - We present here the discovery of Nomada numida Lep. 1841 in France (Var) during the spring of 2017. The knowledge relative to the distribution of the two subspecies (N. numida ssp. numida Lep. 1841 and N. numida ssp. manni Morawitz 1871) is then synthesized. In addition, an update of the distribution of N. mauritanica Lep. 1841 and its two subspecies is given.
First mention of Nomada barcelonensis Cockerell, 1917 for France (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae) . - The authors relate here the discovery within Mediterranean fringe of metropolitan France, in the Var department, of a species of Nomada so far only known from Spain: Nomada barcelonensis Cockerell,1917. The ecology, biology and morphological description allowing its determination are presented as well as the conditions of capture of the specimen.
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