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Checklist of Tribe Melectini Westwood, 1839 (Digger-Bee-Cuckoos)
for Continents


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
2109
116061
1221557
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
2100
115859
1220540
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1811
113709
1208758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
928
84435
1006159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
151
11199
151567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
122
10285
146039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
42
3384
72503
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
16
1272
36839
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
331
7435
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees
211
4832
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SupertribeApiti
Latreille, 1802
39
1624
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMelectini
Westwood, 1839
Digger-Bee-Cuckoos
11
248
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Continents
11 Genera with 248 Species
Afromelecta Lieftinck, 19914SpeciesTaxom
Bombomelecta Patton, 19034SpeciesTaxom
Brachymelecta Linsley, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Crocisa Jurine, 191118SpeciesTaxom
Melecta Latreille, 1893Cuckoo Bees86SpeciesTaxom
Sinomelecta Baker, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Tetralonioidella Strand, 194414SpeciesTaxom
Thyreomelecta Rightmyer & ..., 18938SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 1913147SpeciesTaxom
Xeromelecta Linsley, 19008SpeciesTaxom
Zacosmia Ashmead, 18794SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Continents
248 Species and 41 Subspecies
Afromelecta bicuspis Stadelmann, 1898
Afromelecta fulvohirta Cameron, 1905
Afromelecta lieftincki Eardley, 1991
Bombomelecta arizonica Cockerell, 1902
Bombomelecta azygos Viereck, 1903
Bombomelecta larreae Cockerell, 1900
Bombomelecta zygos Viereck, 1903
Brachymelecta mucida Cresson, 1879
Crocisa africana (Radoszkowski, 1893)⇒ Thyreus africana Radoszkowski, 1893
Crocisa angulifera Cockerell, 1920
Crocisa calcarata Vachal, 1903
Crocisa candida (Cockerell, 1919)⇒ Thyreus albomaculatus DeGeer, 1778
Crocisa crucifera Cockerell, 1919
Crocisa excisa (Friese, 1905)⇒ Thyreus pretextus Vachal, 1903
Crocisa fasciata (Friese, 1905)⇒ Thyreus splendidulus Lepeletier, 1841
Crocisa insulicola Cockerell, 1920
Crocisa lilacina Cockerell, 1920
Crocisa meripes (Vachal, 1903)⇒ Thyreus meripes Vachal, 1903
Crocisa omissa Cockerell, 1919
Crocisa reductula Cockerell, 1919
Crocisa scutellaris (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Thyreus scutellaris Fabricius, 1781
Crocisa sordida Cockerell, 1919
Crocisa subcontinua (de Saussure, 1891)⇒ Thyreus quinquefasciatus Smith, 1879
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 albifrons albovaria (Erichson, 1840)⇒ Melecta albifrons Forster, 1771
Melecta albifrons nigra (Spinola, 1806)⇒ Melecta albifrons Forster, 1771
Melecta (Melecta) angustilabris Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta (Melecta) assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876
Melecta (Melecta) baeri Radoszkowski, 1865
Melecta (Melecta) brevipila Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta (Melecta) canariensis Lieftinck, 1958
Melecta (Melecta) caroli Lieftinck, 1958
Melecta (Melecta) curvispina 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 leucorhyncha taormina Strand, 1919
Melecta (Melecta) luctuosa Scopoli, 1770Square-spotted mourning bee
Melecta luctuosa luctuosa Scopoli, 1770
Melecta luctuosa meridionalis Gribodo, 1893
Melecta luctuosa rutenica Radoszkowski, 1893
Melecta (Melecta) mundula Lieftinck, 1983
Melecta (Melecta) pacifica Cresson, 1878
Melecta pacifica atlantica Linsley, 1943
Melecta pacifica fulvida Cresson, 1878
Melecta pacifica pacifica Cresson, 1878
Melecta (Melecta) prophanta Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta (Melecta) separata Cresson, 1879
Melecta separata alfredi Cockerell, 1895
Melecta separata arizonica Cockerell, 1902
Melecta separata callura Cockerell, 1926
Melecta separata johnsoni Cockerell, 1905
Melecta separata mojavensis Linsley, 1939
Melecta separata separata Cresson, 1879
Melecta (Melecta) solivaga Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta (Melecta) transcaspica Morawitz, 1895Reddell stygobromid
Melecta (Melecta) tuberculata Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta (Melectomimus) edwardsii Cresson, 1878Edward´s Melecta
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 alexanderi Griswold & P..., 1999
Melecta amanda Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta ashabadensis Radoszkowski, 1893
Melecta atripes Morawitz, 1895Reddell stygobromid
Melecta baerii Radoszkowski, 1865
Melecta billyidol
Melecta bohartorum Linsley, 1939
Melecta californica (Cresson, 1878)⇒ Xeromelecta californica Cresson, 1878
Melecta candiae Strand, 1915
Melecta candida Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta chalybeia Lieftinck, 1972
Melecta chinensis Cockerell, 1931
Melecta corpulenta Morawitz, 1875
Melecta cypriaca (Schwarz, 1999)⇒ Melecta mundula Lieftinck, 1983
Melecta diacantha Eversmann, 1852
Melecta emodi Baker, 1997
Melecta excelsa Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta formosana (Cockerell, 1911)⇒ Tetralonioidella himalayana Bingham, 1897
Melecta fulvida
Melecta fuscipennis Morawitz, 1875
Melecta maculata Cresson, 1879
Melecta miranda Fox, 1893
Melecta mucida (Cresson, 1879)⇒ Brachymelecta mucida Cresson, 1879
Melecta nivosa Morawitz, 1893
Melecta octomaculata Radoszkowski, 1873
Melecta punctata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Melecta albifrons Forster, 1771
Melecta rutenica Radoszkowski, 1893
Melecta sibirica (Radoszkowski, 1890)⇒ Thyreomelecta sibirica Radoszkowski, 1893
Melecta thoracica Cresson, 1875
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 abbottii Swainson, 1821
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 aberrans Morawitz, 1875
Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873
Thyreus affinis Morawitz, 1874
Thyreus africana Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus africanus Radoszkowski, 1894
Thyreus aistleitneri Straka & Engel, 2012
Thyreus albolateralis Cockerell, 1919
Thyreus albomaculatus DeGeer, 1778
Thyreus alfkeni Brauns, 1909
Thyreus altaicus Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus amata Cockerell, 1911
Thyreus axillaris Vachal, 1903
Thyreus batelkai Straka & Engel, 2012
Thyreus bimaculatus Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus biseriatus Morawitz, 1888
Thyreus bouyssoui Vachal, 1903
Thyreus brachyaspis Cockerell, 1936
Thyreus caeruleopunctatus Blanchard, 1840Chequered cuckoo bee
Thyreus calcarata Vachal, 1903
Thyreus calcaratus
Thyreus calceatus 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 clypeatus Schreber, 1759
Thyreus cyathiger Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus decorus Smith, 1852
Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus denolii Straka & Engel, 2012
Thyreus elegans Morawitz, 1878
Thyreus emarginata Lepeletier, 0
Thyreus empeyi Eardley, 1991
Thyreus erythraeensis Meyer, 1921
Thyreus excisa
Thyreus fallibilis Kohl, 1906
Thyreus forchhammeri Eardley, 1991
Thyreus formosana Meyer, 1921
Thyreus formosanus Meyer, 1921
Thyreus fortissimus Cockerell & ..., 1933
Thyreus frieseanus Cockerell, 1905
Thyreus gambiensis Cockerell & ..., 1933
Thyreus garouensis Engel, 2014
Thyreus grahami Cockerell, 1910
Thyreus hellenicus Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus himalayensis Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus hirtus de Beaumont, 1940
Thyreus histrio Fabricius, 1775
Thyreus histrionicus Illiger, 1806
Thyreus hohmanni Schwarz, 1993
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 interruptus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus irena Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus janasivius Sivik, 1957
Thyreus japonicus kanshireanus Cockerell, 0
Thyreus kanshireana Cockerell, 1911
Thyreus kilimandjaricus Strand, 1911
Thyreus laevicrus Morawitz, 1887
Thyreus lieftincki Rozen, 1969
Thyreus lugubris Smith, 1879
Thyreus luzonensis Cockerell, 1910
Thyreus macleayi Cockerell, 1907
Thyreus maculiscutis Cameron, 1905
Thyreus massuri Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus mauretaniensis Strand, 1911
Thyreus medius Meyer, 1921
Thyreus meripes Vachal, 1903
Thyreus neavei Cockerell, 1933
Thyreus nigroventralis Meyer, 1921
Thyreus niloticus Cockerell, 1937
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 oxaspis Cockerell, 1936
Thyreus oxyaspis Cockerell, 1936
Thyreus parthenope Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus pica Strand, 1921
Thyreus picaron Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus picicornis Morawitz, 1875
Thyreus pictus Smith, 1854
Thyreus plumifer Brauns, 1909
Thyreus praestans Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus praevalens Kohl, 1905
Thyreus pretextus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus priesneri Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus proximus Meyer, 1921
Thyreus quadrimaculatus Radoszkowski, 1883
Thyreus quinquefasciatus Smith, 1879
Thyreus ramosellus Cockerell, 1919
Thyreus ramosus Lepeletier, 1841
Thyreus regalis Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus rotundatus Friese, 1905
Thyreus rufitarsus Rayment, 1931
Thyreus schwarzi Straka & Engel, 2012
Thyreus scotaspis Vachal, 1903
Thyreus scutellaris Fabricius, 1781
Thyreus sejuncta Saussure, 1890
Thyreus shebicus Engel, 2014
Thyreus sicarius Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus smithii Dalla Torre, 1896
Thyreus somalicus Strand, 1911
Thyreus sphenophorus Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus splendidulus Lepeletier, 1841
Thyreus stellifera Cockerell, 1936
Thyreus strandi Meyer, 1921
Thyreus subramosa Cockerell, 0
Thyreus surniculus Lieftinck, 1959
Thyreus takaonis Cockerell, 1911
Thyreus tinctus Cockerell, 1905
Thyreus tricuspis Perez, 1883
Thyreus truncatus Perez, 1883
Thyreus tschoffeni Vachal, 1903
Thyreus unicinctus Hedicke, 1940
Thyreus uniformis W. F. Kirby, 1900
Thyreus vachali Friese, 1905
Thyreus valvata Brauns, 0
Thyreus wallacei Cockerell, 1905
Thyreus waroonensis Cockerell, 1913
Xeromelecta (Melectomorpha) californica Cresson, 1878California Xeromelecta
Xeromelecta (Melectomorpha) interrupta Cresson, 1872Interrupted Xeromelecta
Xeromelecta (Melectomorpha) larreae Cockerell, 1900
Xeromelecta (Nesomelecta) alayoi Michener, 1988
Xeromelecta (Nesomelecta) haitensis Michener, 1948
Xeromelecta (Nesomelecta) tibialis Fabricius, 1793
Xeromelecta (Xeromelecta) larreae Cockerell, 1900Larrea Xeromelecta
Zacosmia maculata Cresson, 1879
Zacosmia maculata desertorum Cockerell, 1916
Zacosmia maculata maculata Cresson, 1879


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