Melissodes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Eucerini
Genus: Melissodes
Species: M. ablusa – M. agilis – M. apicata – M. appressa – M. baileyi – M. bicolorata – M. bidentis – M. bimaculata – M. bimatris – M. blanda – M. boltoniae – M. brevipyga – M. bruneri – M. cerussata – M. cestus – M. clarkiae – M. colliciata – M. coloradensis – M. comata – M. communis – M. composita – M. comptoides – M. confusa – M. coreopsis – M. crocina – M. cubensis – M. dagosa – M. denticulata – M. dentiventris – M. desponsa – M. druriella – M. ecuadoria – M. elegans – M. exilis – M. expolita – M. fasciatella – M. fimbriata – M. flexa – M. floris – M. foxi – M. fumosa – M. gelida – M. gilensis – M. glenwoodensis – M. grindeliae – M. haitiensis – M. humilior – M. hurdi – M. hymenoxidis – M. illata – M. interrupta – M. intorta – M. labiatarum – M. leprieuri – M. limbus – M. lupina – M. lustra – M. lutulenta – M. maesta – M. manipularis – M. martinicensis – M. melanura – M. menuachus – M. metenua – M. micheneri – M. microsticta – M. mimica – M. minuscula – M. mitchelli – M. monoensis – M. montana – M. moorei – M. morrilli – M. negligenda – M. nigracauda – M. nigroaenea – M. nivea – M. ochraea – M. opuntiella – M. pallidisignata – M. panamensis – M. paroselae – M. paucipuncta – M. paulula – M. perlusa – M. perpolita – M. persimilis – M. personatella – M. pexa – M. pilleata – M. plumosa – M. pullata – M. pullatella – M. raphaelis – M. relucens – M. rivalis – M. robustior – M. rufipes – M. rufodentata – M. saponellus – M. scotti – M. semilupina – M. sexcincta – M. snowii – M. sonorensis – M. sphaeralceae – M. stearnsi – M. subagilis – M. subillata – M. submenuacha – M. tepaneca – M. tepida – M. terminata – M. tescorum – M. tessellata – M. thelypodii – M. tibialis – M. tincta – M. tintinnans – M. tribas – M. trifasciata – M. trinodis – M. tristis – M. tuckeri – M. utahensis – M. velutina – M. verbesinarum – M. vernalis – M. vernoniae – M. wheeleri
Name

Melissodes Latreille, 1829

Type species: Melissodes leprieuri Blanchard, 1846 by subsequent monotypy.
References

Berthold 1827: in Latreille, Fam. Nat. Thierr., 468.
Latreille, P.A. 1829: Les Insectes. in Cuvier, G. C. L. D. (ed.) Règne Animal Vol. 5. Paris: Déterville 2nd Edn. xxiv + 556 pp.
Blanchard, E. 1846: Hyménoptères: Les Mellifères. pp. 201-227 in Cuvier, G. L. C. F. D. (ed.) Le Règne Animal. Vol. 2. Paris: Fortin, Masson 3rd Edn.
LaBerge, Walter E. 1956: A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America, Part I. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 37(2): 911–1183.
LaBerge, Walter E. 1961: A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part III (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 42(5): 283–663.

Melissodes is a genus of long-horned bees in the family Apidae. There are at least 140 described species in Melissodes.[1][2][3][4][5]

ITIS Taxonomic note:

The gender of the name "Melissodes" has traditionally been considered as feminine by taxonomists. However, ICZN Commissioner Doug Yanega (in litt., May 2008) has indicated that the sex should be masculine under ICZN Art. 30.1.4.4, which explicitly states that all genera ending in "-odes" are masculine unless the original author declared otherwise. Since Latreille did not specify a gender when proposing the name in 1829, this Code Article applies in this case.[1]

See also

List of Melissodes species

References

"Melissodes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-05.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"Browse Melissodes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
"Melissodes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
"Melissodes Genus: Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

"Melissodes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.