Taxonomy of Genus Melecta Latreille, 1802
Cuckoo Bees, Melectine Bees, Mourning Bees
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 319
21125
328720 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 165
17348
314830 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 62
6400
167168 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees | 23
2371
70836 | Families
Genera
Species | | Group | Apiformes
Brothers, 1975
Bees | 11
1621
47904 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Apidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees | 464
16456 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Apinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees | 219
11594 | Genera
Species | | Supertribe | Apiti
Latreille, 1802
| 41
4003 | Genera
Species | | Tribe | Melectini
Westwood, 1839
Digger-Bee-Cuckoos | 11
682 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Melecta
Latreille, 1802
Cuckoo Bees, Melectine Bees, Mourning Bees | 149 | Species |
Subnodes of Melecta Latreille, 1802 | Subgenus | Melecta (Eupavlovskia)
| 6 | Species | | Subgenus | Melecta (Melecta)
albifrons Forster, 1771
Cuckoo Bees, Melectine Bees | 56 | Species | | Subgenus | Melecta (Melectomimus)
Linsley, 1939 ⇒ Melecta
| 1 | Species | | Subgenus | Melecta (Nesomelecta)
Michener, 1948
| 0 | Species | | Subgenus | Melecta (Paracrocisa)
| 3 | Species | | Subgenus | Melecta (Pseudomelecta)
| 1 | Species | | Species | Melecta albovaria Erichson, 1841
| | | | Species | Melecta alcestis Lieftinck, 1980
| | | | Species | Melecta alecto Lieftinck, 1980 ⇒ Melecta (Melecta) albifrons
| | | | Species | Melecta alexanderi Griswold & Parker, 1999
| | | | Species | Melecta amanda Lieftinck, 1980
| | | | Species | Melecta armata Panzer, 1799
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Melecta ashabadensis Radoszkowski, 1893
| | | | Species | Melecta aterrima Lepeletier, 1841
| | | | Species | Melecta atlantica Linsley, 1943
| | | | Species | Melecta atripes Morawitz, 1895
Reddell stygobromid, Reddell's cave amphipod | | | | Species | Melecta atropos Newman, 1835
| | | | Species | Melecta baerii Radoszkowski, 1865
| | | | Species | Melecta bicolor Fabricius, 1804
| | | | Species | Melecta billyidol
| | | | Species | Melecta bipunctata Lepeletier, 1841
| | | | Species | Melecta bohartorum Linsley, 1939
| | | | Species | Melecta caesareae Friese, 1925
| | | | Species | Melecta calabrina Radoszkowski, 1876
| | | | Species | Melecta californica Cresson, 1878 ⇒ Xeromelecta (Melectomorpha) californica
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Melecta candiae Strand, 1915
| | | | Species | Melecta candida Lieftinck, 1980
| | | | Species | Melecta chalybeia Lieftinck, 1972
| | | | Species | Melecta chinensis Cockerell, 1931
| | | | Species | Melecta clotho Newman, 1835
| | | | Species | Melecta corpulenta Morawitz, 1875
| | | | Species | Melecta cypriaca Schwarz, 1999 ⇒ Melecta (Melecta) mundula
| | | | Species | Melecta diacantha Eversmann, 1852
| | | | Species | Melecta duplicate Cresson, 1878
| | | | Species | Melecta eczmiadzini Radoszkowski, 1894
| | | | Species | Melecta emodi Baker, 1997
| | | | Species | Melecta eversmanni Radoszkowski, 1893
| | | | Species | Melecta excelsa Lieftinck, 1980
| | | | Species | Melecta fasciculata Spinola, 1806
| | | | Species | Melecta formosana Cockerell, 1911 ⇒ Tetralonioidella himalayana
| | | | Species | Melecta fulvida
| | | | Species | Melecta fuscipennis Morawitz, 1875
| | | | Species | Melecta glasunowi Morawitz, 1895
| | | | Species | Melecta haitensis Michener, 1948
| | | | Species | Melecta himalayana Bingham, 1897
| | | | Species | Melecta histrionica Illiger, 1806
| | | | Species | Melecta interrupta Cresson, 1872
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Melecta jakovlewii Radoszkowski, 1877
| | | | Species | Melecta jakowlevi Radoszkowski, 1877
| | | | Species | Melecta jakowlewi Radoszkowski, 1877
| | | | Species | Melecta kashmirensis Nurse, 1903
| | | | Species | Melecta lachesis Newman, 1835
| | | | Species | Melecta lieftincki Schwarz, 1999 ⇒ Melecta (Melecta) diligens
| | | | Species | Melecta lindbergi Lieftinck, 1958 ⇒ Melecta (Melecta) aegyptiaca
| | | | Species | Melecta maculata Cresson, 1879
| | | | Species | Melecta mauretaniensis Strand, 1912
| | | | Species | Melecta megaera Lieftinck, 1980 ⇒ Melecta (Melecta) albifrons
| | | | Species | Melecta miranda Fox, 1893
| | | | Species | Melecta mucida Cresson, 1879 ⇒ Brachymelecta mucida
| | | | Species | Melecta nigra Spinola, 1806
| | | | Species | Melecta nitidula Fabricius, 1804
| | | | Species | Melecta niveipes Enderlein, 1906
| | | | Species | Melecta nivosa Morawitz, 1893
| | | | Species | Melecta novellai Dusmet y Alonso, 1915
| | | | Species | Melecta octomaculata Radoszkowski, 1873
| | | | Species | Melecta pseudoarmata Radoszkowski, 1894
| | | | Species | Melecta punctata Fabricius, 1775 ⇒ Melecta (Melecta) albifrons
| | | | Species | Melecta quadripunctata Radoszkowski, 1894
| | | | Species | Melecta quattuordecimpunctata Fischer-Waldheim, 1843 ⇒ Melecta (Melecta) duodecimmaculata
| | | | Species | Melecta rutenica Radoszkowski, 1893
| | | | Species | Melecta septemnotata Spinola, 1851
| | | | Species | Melecta sibirica Radoszkowski, 1890 ⇒ Thyreomelecta sibirica
| | | | Species | Melecta sierrae Linsley, 1939
| | | | Species | Melecta sladeni Viereck, 1924
| | | | Species | Melecta soederbomi Alfken, 1936
| | | | Species | Melecta spec Scopoli, 1770
| | | | Species | Melecta spinosa Friese, 1922
| | | | Species | Melecta suffusa Viereck, 1924
| | | | Species | Melecta thoracica Cresson, 1875
| | | | Species | Melecta tisiphone Newman, 1835
| | | | Species | Melecta turcestanica Radoszkowski, 1894
| | | | Species | Melecta turkestanica Radoszkowski, 1893
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Synonyms Native, vernacular names and spellings of Melecta | German | Trauerbienen | | English | Cuckoo Bees, Melectine Bees, Mourning Bees | | Dutch | Rouwbijen | | Danish | Sørgebier | | Swedish | Sorgbin |
Distribution of Melecta Latreille, 1802 Afghanistan, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan
Found in fossile formations Green River Formation
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