Nomioides rotundiceps Handlirsch 1888: 405, fig. 3, F. Syntypes: 3 FF, “Egypte, Cairo [30°03'N 31°15'E]”; lost (personal communication by Dr. M. Fischer, the curator of entomological collection at NMW, of 10 June 1976).
Nomioides rotundiceps var. viridana Blüthgen 1925: 31, F (no indication of type material). Synonymised by Pesenko (1983: 160).
Nomioides persica Blüthgen 1933a: 124 (key to females), 125 (key to males), F, M. Lectotype (designated by Pesenko 1983: 160): F, “Bampur-Kaskin, SW Persia [Iran], VIII.1898, [leg.] Zarudny [27°11'N 60°27'E]” [label in Russian]’ ZISP. Synonymised by Pesenko (1983: 160).

Distribution. Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Kenya, Israel, Jordania, Arabian Peninsula, southern Iran.

Visited plants (in Africa). Asclepiadaceae: Landolfia sp. (1 F). Balanitaceae: Balanites aegyptiaca (18 MM, 5 FF). Boraginaceae: (13 MM, 3 FF). Caesalpiniaceae : Cassia obovata (234 MM, 20 FF), Cassia sp. (72 MM, 5 FF). Capparidaceae: Cleome viscose (6 FF). Euphorbiaceae: Chrozophora brochiana (8 MM, 5 FF). Fabaceae : Indigofera sp. (4 MM, 1 F). Lamiaceae : Ocimum sp. Pedaliaceae : Sesamum sp. (1 F). Rhamnaceae : Ziziphus sp. (6 MM, 8 FF). Tamaricaceae : Tamarix spp. (65 MM, 20 FF). Zygophyllaceae: Tribulus terrestris (3 FF).