Ceratina punjabensis Cameron 1907: 1003, F. Lectotype (designated by Pesenko 1983: 182): F, “Ferozepore (Punjab) [30°55'N 74°36'E], iv.[18]98, [leg. Nurse]”, “B. M. type Hym. 17.a.1061b”; BMNH.
Nomioides exellens Saunders 1908: 223, F, M. Lectotype (designated by Pesenko 1983: 183): M, “Algeria, Biskra [34°51'N 5°44'E], 18.V.1893, [leg. Eaton]”, “E. Saunders col. 1910: 266”, “B. M. type Hym. 17.a.1044”; BMNH. Synonymised by Pesenko (1983: 183).
Nomioides comberi Cockerell 1911: 236, M. Syntypes: 3 MM, “Karachi [Pakistan] [24°52'N 67°03'E], [leg.] Comber”; BMNH. Synonymised by Cockerell (1919: 9).

Distribution. Cape Verde Islands, North Africa, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Arabian Peninsula, Near East (Israel, Jordania), southern Iran, southern Afghanistan, Pakistan, northwestern India.

Visited plants (in Africa). Caesalpiniaceae: Cassia obovata (2 MM, 1 F). Euphorbiaceae: Euphorbia pubescens (1 M). Fabaceae: red Fabaceae (1 M), Medicago sativa. Malvaceae: Gossypium sp. (1 M). Mimosaceae: Prosopis juliflora (1 M). Tamaricaceae: Tamarix senegalensis (5 MM), Tamarix sp. (94 MM, 7 FF).