Melitta

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: Melittidae
Subfamilia: Melittinae
Genus: Melitta
Subgenera (4): Afromelitta
[Unavailable name!] - Cilissa – Melitta – Plesiomelitta
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Overview of species

Melitta aegyptiaca Melitta albida Melitta americana Melitta arrogans Melitta barbarae Melitta bicollaris Melitta budensis Melitta californica Melitta cameroni Melitta changmuensis Melitta danae Melitta dimidiata Melitta eickworti Melitta ezoana Melitta fulvescenta Melitta guichardi Melitta haemorrhoidalis Melitta harrietae Melitta heilungkiangensis Melitta hispanica Melitta iberica Melitta japonica Melitta kastiliensis Melitta katherinae Melitta latronis Melitta leporina Melitta maura Melitta melanura Melitta melittoides Melitta mongolica Melitta montana Melitta murciana Melitta nigrabdominalis Melitta nigricans Melitta piersbakeri Melitta rasmonti Melitta schmiedeknechti Melitta schultzei Melitta seitzi Melitta sibirica Melitta tomentosa Melitta tricincta Melitta udmurtica Melitta whiteheadi

Add (2): M. avontuurensis
[Unavailable name!] - M. richtersveldensis
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References

Michez, D. & C. Eardley, 2007, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 43 (4): 379–440. [1]
Michez, D. et al. 2012: Description of four new species in the bee genus Melitta Kirby, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae). Zootaxa 3337: 57–67. Preview Reference page.

Melitta is a genus of bees in the family Melittidae. It includes about 40 species restricted to Africa and the northern temperate zone. Most of the species are Palaearctic, though three rare species occur in North America.

They are bees of moderate size, generally 8 to 15 mm long. They are commonly oligolectic, with narrow host plant preferences. They resemble bees of the genus Andrena, though with radically different mouthparts and a scopa limited to the hind tibia and basitarsus. Melitta have a crucial role as pollinators and they are protected through the Pollinators policy based on EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030.[1]
Species
Melitta leporina, male
Melitta haemorrhoidalis, male
Melitta eickworti, female

Melitta aegyptiaca (Radoszkowski, 1891)
Melitta albida Cockerell, 1935
Melitta americana (Smith, 1853)
Melitta arrogans (Smith, 1879)
Melitta barbarae Eardley, 2006
Melitta bicollaris Warncke, 1973
Melitta budashkini Radchenko & Ivanov, 2012
Melitta budensis (Mocsáry, 1878)
Melitta californica Viereck, 1909
Melitta cameroni (Cockerell, 1910)
Melitta changmuensis Wu, 1988
Melitta danae Eardley, 2006
Melitta dimidiata Morawitz, 1876
Melitta eickworti Snelling & Stage, 1995
Melitta engeli Michez, 2012
Melitta ezoana Yasumatsu & Hirashima, 1956
Melitta fulvescenta Wu, 2000
Melitta guichardi Michez, 2007
Melitta haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Melitta harrietae (Bingham, 1897)
Melitta heilungkiangensis Wu, 1978
Melitta hispanica Friese 1900
Melitta iberica Warncke, 1973
Melitta japonica Yasumatsu & Hirashima, 1956
Melitta kastiliensis Warncke, 1973
Melitta katherinae Eardley, 2006
Melitta latronis Cockerell, 1924
Melitta leporina (Panzer, 1799)
Melitta magnifica Michez, 2012
Melitta maura (Pérez, 1896)
Melitta melanura (Nylander, 1852)
Melitta melittoides (Viereck, 1909)
Melitta mongolica Wu, 1978
Melitta montana Wu, 1992
Melitta murciana Warncke, 1973
Melitta nigrabdominalis Wu, 1988
Melitta nigricans Alfken, 1905
Melitta piersbakeri Engel, 2005
Melitta rasmonti Michez, 2007
Melitta schmiedeknechti Friese, 1898
Melitta schultzei Friese, 1909
Melitta seitzi Alfken 1927
Melitta sibirica (Morawitz, 1888)
Melitta singular Michez, 2012
Melitta tomentosa Friese, 1900
Melitta tricincta Kirby, 1802
Melitta udmurtica Sitdikov 1986
Melitta whiteheadi Eardley, 2006

References

"EU Pollinators Initiative - Environment - European Commission".

C. D. Michener (2000) The Bees of the World, Johns Hopkins University Press.