Ammobatini Ammobatoidini Brachynomadini Caenoprosopidini Epeolini Hexepeolini Neolarrini Nomadini Nomadinae is a subfamily of bees in the family Apidae.

As parasites, they lack a pollen-carrying scopa, and are often extraordinarily wasp-like in appearance.

The first-instar larvae of nomadines are specially adapted for this, and possess long mandibles they use to kill the host larva, though these mandibles are lost as soon as the larva molts to the second instar, at which point it simply feeds on the pollen/nectar provisions.

A behavioral habit shared by adults of various genera with males of many other bee species, who also do not possess a nest to return to, is that they frequently rest while grasping onto plant stems or leaves with only their mandibles.

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