Nomia longicornis

Smith, F., 1859, Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the Islands of Aru and Key., Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 3, pp. 132-158 : 133

2. Nomia longicornis .

N. nigra, lucida et delicatula punctata, facie pube brevi grisea tecta, femorum posticorum flocco pallido, tibiis externe fusco-pubeseentibus; maris antennis, capite thoraceque longioribus.

Male. Length 4 lines. Brassy, with tints of green on the clypeus, metathorax, and thorax beneath; the head and thorax very closely and finely punctured; the clypeus produced and highly polished; the mandibles rufo-testaceous, the antennae as long as the head and thorax. Thorax: the wings hyaline and splendidly iridescent, the tegulae and the tarsi rufo-testaceous. Abdomen closely punctured, the apical margins of the segments smooth and shining; the head and thorax above with a pale fulvous pubescence, that on the sides of the metathorax and legs pale and glittering; the abdomen has a pale scattered glittering pubescence.

Hab. Aru.