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Checklist for Tribe Melectini Westwood, 1839 (Digger-Bee-Cuckoos)
and region Asia (Eurasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1424
46886
383801
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1418
46814
383608
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1295
46047
379980
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
722
33667
307519
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
123
4517
38809
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
95
3988
36842
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
33
1317
21141
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
13
434
11326
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
111
1992
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees
75
1333
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SupertribeApiti
Latreille, 1802
17
635
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMelectini
Westwood, 1839
Digger-Bee-Cuckoos
7
144
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Asia
7 Genera with 144 Species
Crocisa Jurine, 19119SpeciesTaxom
Melecta Latreille, 1893Cuckoo Bees51SpeciesTaxom
Sinomelecta Baker, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonioidella Strand, 194413SpeciesTaxom
Thyreomelecta Rightmyer & ..., 18938SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 190586SpeciesTaxom
Xeromelecta Linsley, 18781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Asia
144 Species and 26 Subspecies
Crocisa angulifera Cockerell, 1920
Crocisa candida (Cockerell, 1919)⇒ Thyreus albomaculatus DeGeer, 1778
Crocisa crucifera Cockerell, 1919
Crocisa insulicola Cockerell, 1920
Crocisa lilacina Cockerell, 1920
Crocisa reductula Cockerell, 1919
Crocisa sordida Cockerell, 1919
Crocisa subramosa Cockerell, 1911
Crocisa surda Cockerell, 1911
Melecta (Eupavlovskia) funeraria Smith, 1854
Melecta (Eupavlovskia) obscura Friese, 1895
Melecta obscura obscura Friese, 1895
Melecta obscura simulatrix Lieftinck, 1969
Melecta (Melecta) aegyptiaca Radoszkowski, 1876
Melecta (Melecta) albifrons Forster, 1771Common Mourning Bee
Melecta (Melecta) angustilabris Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta (Melecta) assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876
Melecta (Melecta) baeri Radoszkowski, 1865
Melecta (Melecta) brevipila Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta (Melecta) caroli Lieftinck, 1958
Melecta (Melecta) diligens Lieftinck, 1983
Melecta (Melecta) duodecimmaculata Rossi, 1790
Melecta duodecimmaculata duodecimmaculata Rossi, 1790
Melecta duodecimmaculata jakovlewii Radoszkowski, 1877
Melecta (Melecta) festiva Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta (Melecta) fulgida Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta (Melecta) fumipennis Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta (Melecta) gracilipes Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta (Melecta) grandis Lepeletier, 1841
Melecta (Melecta) guichardi Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta (Melecta) honesta Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta (Melecta) italica Radoszkowski, 1876
Melecta (Melecta) leucorhyncha Gribodo, 1893
Melecta (Melecta) luctuosa Scopoli, 1770Square-spotted mourning bee
Melecta luctuosa luctuosa Scopoli, 1770
Melecta luctuosa rutenica Radoszkowski, 1893
Melecta (Melecta) mundula Lieftinck, 1983
Melecta (Melecta) transcaspica Morawitz, 1895Reddell stygobromid
Melecta (Melecta) tuberculata Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta (Paracrocisa) guilochei Dusmet y Alonso, 1915
Melecta (Paracrocisa) kuschakewiczi Radoszkowski, 1890
Melecta (Paracrocisa) sinaitica Alfken, 1937
Melecta (Pseudomelecta) atroalba Lieftinck, 1972
Melecta alcestis Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta amanda Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta ashabadensis Radoszkowski, 1893
Melecta atripes Morawitz, 1895Reddell stygobromid
Melecta baerii Radoszkowski, 1865
Melecta candida Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta chalybeia Lieftinck, 1972
Melecta chinensis Cockerell, 1931
Melecta corpulenta Morawitz, 1875
Melecta diacantha Eversmann, 1852
Melecta emodi Baker, 1997
Melecta excelsa Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta formosana (Cockerell, 1911)⇒ Tetralonioidella himalayana Bingham, 1897
Melecta fuscipennis Morawitz, 1875
Melecta nivosa Morawitz, 1893
Melecta sibirica (Radoszkowski, 1890)⇒ Thyreomelecta sibirica Radoszkowski, 1893
Melecta turkestanica Radoszkowski, 1893
Sinomelecta oreina Baker, 1997
Tetralonioidella formosana (Cockerell, 1911)⇒ Tetralonioidella himalayana Bingham, 1897
Tetralonioidella fukienensis Lieftinck, 1983
Tetralonioidella habropodae Cockerell, 1929
Tetralonioidella heinzi Dubitzky, 2007
Tetralonioidella himalayana Bingham, 1897
Tetralonioidella himalayana formosana (Cockerell, 1911)⇒ Tetralonioidella himalayana Bingham, 1897
Tetralonioidella himalayana himalayana Bingham, 1897
Tetralonioidella hoozana Strand, 1914
Tetralonioidella insidiosa Lieftinck, 1944
Tetralonioidella nepalensis Lieftinck, 1983
Tetralonioidella pendleburyi Cockerell, 1926
Tetralonioidella tricolor Lieftinck, 1972
Tetralonioidella vulpecula Lieftinck, 1944
Thyreomelecta bidentata W. F. Kirby, 1899
Thyreomelecta dimidiatipuncta Spinola, 1838
Thyreomelecta kirghisia Rightmyer & ..., 2003
Thyreomelecta merviensis Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreomelecta paucimaculosa Alfken, 1931
Thyreomelecta propinqua Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreomelecta siberica Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreomelecta sibirica Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus abdominalis (Friese, 1905)⇒ Euaspis abdominalis Fabricius, 1773
Thyreus abdominalis abdominalis Friese, 1905
Thyreus abdominalis austrosundanus Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus abdominalis rostratus Friese, 1905
Thyreus abdominalis simulator Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873
Thyreus affinis Morawitz, 1874
Thyreus africanus Radoszkowski, 1894
Thyreus albolateralis Cockerell, 1919
Thyreus albomaculatus DeGeer, 1778
Thyreus altaicus Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus amata Cockerell, 1911
Thyreus bimaculatus Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus biseriatus Morawitz, 1888
Thyreus calcarata Vachal, 1903
Thyreus callurus Cockerell, 1919
Thyreus calophanes Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus calophanes calophanes Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus calophanes plagiatus Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus castalius Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus centrimacula Perez, 1905
Thyreus ceylonicus Friese, 1905
Thyreus chinensis Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus cyathiger Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus decorus Smith, 1852
Thyreus elegans Morawitz, 1878
Thyreus emarginata Lepeletier, 0
Thyreus fallibilis Kohl, 1906
Thyreus formosana Meyer, 1921
Thyreus formosanus Meyer, 1921
Thyreus fortissimus Cockerell & ..., 1933
Thyreus hellenicus Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus himalayensis Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus hirtus de Beaumont, 1940
Thyreus histrio Fabricius, 1775
Thyreus histrionicus Illiger, 1806
Thyreus hyalinatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus illudens Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus impexus Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus incultus Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus insignis Meyer, 1921
Thyreus insolitus Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus irena Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus janasivius Sivik, 1957
Thyreus japonicus kanshireanus Cockerell, 0
Thyreus kanshireana Cockerell, 1911
Thyreus laevicrus Morawitz, 1887
Thyreus luzonensis Cockerell, 1910
Thyreus massuri Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus medius Meyer, 1921
Thyreus nitidulus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Thyreus nitidulus aspasius Lieftinck, 1959
Thyreus nitidulus caelestinus Cockerell, 1919
Thyreus nitidulus gemmatus Cockerell, 1911
Thyreus nitidulus nitidulus Fabricius, 1804
Thyreus nitidulus quartinae Gribodo, 1884
Thyreus nitidulus verticalis Cockerell, 1909
Thyreus novaehollandiae Lepeletier, 1841
Thyreus novaehollandiae amboinensis Radoszkowski, 1894
Thyreus novaehollandiae irisanus Cockerell, 1910
Thyreus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae Lepeletier, 1841
Thyreus novaehollandiae signatus Meyer, 1921
Thyreus novaehollandiae zonalis Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus nubica Lepeletier, 1841
Thyreus nubicus Lepeletier, 1841
Thyreus orbatus Lepeletier, 1841
Thyreus parthenope Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus picaron Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus picicornis Morawitz, 1875
Thyreus praestans Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus praevalens Kohl, 1905
Thyreus ramosellus Cockerell, 1919
Thyreus ramosus Lepeletier, 1841
Thyreus regalis Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus scutellaris Fabricius, 1781
Thyreus shebicus Engel, 2014
Thyreus smithii Dalla Torre, 1896
Thyreus sphenophorus Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus subramosa Cockerell, 0
Thyreus surniculus Lieftinck, 1959
Thyreus takaonis Cockerell, 1911
Thyreus tricuspis Perez, 1883
Thyreus truncatus Perez, 1883
Thyreus unicinctus Hedicke, 1940
Thyreus uniformis W. F. Kirby, 1900
Thyreus wallacei Cockerell, 1905
Xeromelecta (Melectomorpha) californica Cresson, 1878California Xeromelecta


Links, sources and further information
Melectini at itis.gov