Nomada ruficornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Red-horned Nomad Bee, Fork-jawed Nomad Bee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNomada ruficornis (Red-horned Nomad Bee, Fork-jawed 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 ruficornis (Red-horned Nomad Bee, Fork-jawed Nomad Bee) :
1: Nomada ruficornis (Red-horned Nomad Bee, Fork-jawed Nomad Bee)
21 Apr 2019 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Alexanders
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and mouthparts - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - antero-ventral view showing bifid mandibles - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Wings - highly enlarged - white background
2: Nomada ruficornis (Red-horned Nomad Bee, Fork-jawed Nomad Bee)
18 Apr 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male, visiting Alexanders
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - ventro-anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - hind-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - ventro-anterior view - close-up - magnified - silver background

Nomada ruficornis (Red-horned Nomad Bee, Fork-jawed 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 ruficornis (Red-horned Nomad Bee, Fork-jawed Nomad Bee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Nomada ruficornis (Red-horned Nomad Bee, Fork-jawed Nomad Bee)
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