Melecta

Melecta
Melecta pacifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Apidae
Tribe:Melectini
Genus:Melecta
Latreille, 1802

Melecta is a genus of digger-cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are at least 50 described species in Melecta.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 55 species belong to the genus Melecta:

  • Melecta aegyptiaca Radoszkowski, 1876 i c g
  • Melecta albifrons (Forster, 1771) i c g
  • Melecta alcestis Lieftinck, 1980 i c g
  • Melecta alexanderi Griswold & Parker, 1999 i c g
  • Melecta amanda Lieftinck, 1980 i c g
  • Melecta angustilabris Lieftinck, 1980 i c g
  • Melecta assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876 i c g
  • Melecta atripes Morawitz, 1895 i c g
  • Melecta atroalba (Lieftinck, 1972) i c g
  • Melecta baeri Radoszkowski, 1865 i c g
  • Melecta bohartorum Linsley, 1939 i c g
  • Melecta brevipila Lieftinck, 1980 i c g
  • Melecta canariensis Lieftinck, 1958 i c g
  • Melecta candiae Strand, 1915 g
  • Melecta candida Lieftinck, 1980 i c g
  • Melecta caroli Lieftinck, 1958 i c g
  • Melecta chalybeia (Lieftinck, 1972) i c g
  • Melecta chinensis Cockerell, 1931 i c g
  • Melecta corpulenta Morawitz, 1875 i c g
  • Melecta curvispina Lieftinck, 1958 i c g
  • Melecta diacantha Eversmann, 1852 i c g
  • Melecta diligens Lieftinck, 1983 i c g
  • Melecta duodecimmaculata (Rossi, 1790) i c g
  • Melecta edwardsii Cresson, 1878 i c g b (Edward's melecta)
  • Melecta emodi Baker, 1997 i c g
  • Melecta excelsa Lieftinck, 1980 i c g
  • Melecta festiva Lieftinck, 1980 i c g
  • Melecta fulgida Lieftinck, 1980 i c g
  • Melecta fumipennis Lieftinck, 1980 i c g
  • Melecta funeraria Smith, 1854 i c g
  • Melecta fuscipennis (Morawitz, 1875) i c g
  • Melecta gracilipes Lieftinck, 1980 i c g
  • Melecta grandis Lepeletier, 1841 i c g
  • Melecta guichardi Lieftinck, 1980 i c g
  • Melecta guilochei Dusmet y Alonso, 1915 i c g
  • Melecta honesta Lieftinck, 1980 i c g
  • Melecta italica Radoszkowski, 1876 i c g
  • Melecta kuschakewiczi (Radoszkowski, 1890) i c g
  • Melecta leucorhyncha Gribodo, 1893 i c g
  • Melecta luctuosa (Scopoli, 1770) i c g
  • Melecta mundula Lieftinck, 1983 i c g
  • Melecta nivosa Morawitz, 1893 i c g
  • Melecta obscura Friese, 1895 i c g
  • Melecta octomaculata Radoszkowski, 1876 g
  • Melecta pacifica Cresson, 1878 i c g b
  • Melecta prophanta Lieftinck, 1980 i c g
  • Melecta rutenica Radoszkowski, 1893 g
  • Melecta separata Cresson, 1879 i c g b
  • Melecta sibirica Radoszkowski, 1891 i c g
  • Melecta sinaitica (Alfken, 1937) i c g
  • Melecta solivaga Lieftinck, 1980 i c g
  • Melecta thoracica Cresson, 1875 i c g
  • Melecta transcaspica Morawitz, 1895 i c g
  • Melecta tuberculata Lieftinck, 1980 i c g
  • Melecta turkestanica Radoszkowski, 1893 i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Melecta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Melecta". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  3. 1 2 "Melecta". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  4. 1 2 "Melecta Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-23.

  • Media related to Melecta at Wikimedia Commons


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