Melecta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Apidae
Subfamilia: Apinae
Tribus: Melectini
Genus: Melecta
Species: M. aegyptiaca – M. albifrons – M. alcestis – M. alexanderi – M. amanda – M. angustilabris – M. assimilis – M. atripes – M. atroalba – M. baeri – M. bohartorum – M. brevipila – M. canariensis – M. candida – M. caroli – M. chalybeia – M. chinensis – M. corpulenta – M. curvispina – M. diacantha – M. diligens – M. duodecimmaculata – M. edwardsii – M. emodi – M. excelsa – M. festiva – M. fulgida – M. fumipennis – M. funeraria – M. fuscipennis – M. gracilipes – M. grandis – M. guichardi – M. guilochei – M. honesta – M. italica – M. kuschakewiczi – M. leucorhyncha – M. luctuosa – M. mundula – M. nivosa – M. obscura – M. pacifica – M. prophanta – M. separata – M. sibirica – M. sinaitica – M. solivaga – M. thoracica – M. transcaspica – M. tuberculata – M. turkestanica
Name

Melectini Latreille, 1802
References

Linsley, E.G.. 1945. A new species of Paranomada with notes on Melecta thoracica Cresson. Entomological News 56: 150-153.
Michener, C.D. Notes on the American bees of the genus Melecta. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 50: 15-18.
Melecta – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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

"Melecta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
"Browse Melecta". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
"Melecta". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.

"Melecta Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.

Further reading

Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2019). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.