Xeromelecta

Xeromelecta sp.

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
Genus: Xeromelecta
Species:
Name

Xeromelecta

References
Links

BHL bibliography
Hassler, M. {{{1}}}. Xeromelecta. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. {{{1}}}. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: {{{1}}} {{{2}}} {{{3}}}. Reference page.
Xeromelecta – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Xeromelecta.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Xeromelecta is a genus of digger-cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are about six described species in Xeromelecta.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These six species belong to the genus Xeromelecta:

Xeromelecta alayoi Michener, 1988 i c g
Xeromelecta californica (Cresson, 1878) i c g b (California xeromelecta)
Xeromelecta haitensis (Michener, 1948) i c g
Xeromelecta interrupta (Cresson, 1872) i c g b (interrupted xeromelecta)
Xeromelecta larreae (Cockerell, 1900) i c g b (larrea xeromelecta)
Xeromelecta tibialis (Fabricius, 1793) i c g

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

"Xeromelecta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
"Browse Xeromelecta". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
"Xeromelecta". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-22.

"Xeromelecta Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-22.

Further reading

Hurd, P. D. Jr.; Linsley, E. G. (1951). "The melectine bees of California (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. 1 (5): 119–140.
Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2019). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.