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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1408
35417
222091
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1401
35364
221754
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1211
34497
219210
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
647
26961
190296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
112
4456
44250
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
94
4137
41338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
34
1399
16041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
13
585
10036
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyApidae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Digger Bees
178
2189
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyApinae
Latreille, 1802
Bumble Bees, Digger Bees, Honey bees, Long-horned Bees
119
1532
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SupertribeApiti
Latreille, 1802
28
565
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMelectini
Westwood, 1839
Digger-Bee-Cuckoos
7
102
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Europe
7 Genera with 102 Species
Afromelecta Lieftinck, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Crocisa Jurine, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Melecta Latreille, 1893Cuckoo Bees57SpeciesTaxom
Thyreomelecta Rightmyer & ..., 18938SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 191343SpeciesTaxom
Xeromelecta Linsley, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Zacosmia Ashmead, 18791SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Europe
102 Species and 11 Subspecies
Afromelecta fulvohirta Cameron, 1905
Crocisa scutellaris (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Thyreus scutellaris Fabricius, 1781
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) 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) 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) prophanta Lieftinck, 1980
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 billyidol
Melecta candiae Strand, 1915
Melecta chalybeia Lieftinck, 1972
Melecta corpulenta Morawitz, 1875
Melecta cypriaca (Schwarz, 1999)⇒ Melecta mundula Lieftinck, 1983
Melecta diacantha Eversmann, 1852
Melecta excelsa Lieftinck, 1980
Melecta fuscipennis Morawitz, 1875
Melecta nivosa Morawitz, 1893
Melecta punctata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Melecta albifrons Forster, 1771
Melecta rutenica Radoszkowski, 1893
Melecta sibirica (Radoszkowski, 1890)⇒ Thyreomelecta sibirica Radoszkowski, 1893
Melecta turkestanica Radoszkowski, 1893
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 aberrans Morawitz, 1875
Thyreus abyssinicus Radoszkowski, 1873
Thyreus affinis Morawitz, 1874
Thyreus albomaculatus DeGeer, 1778
Thyreus altaicus Radoszkowski, 1893
Thyreus axillaris Vachal, 1903
Thyreus biseriatus Morawitz, 1888
Thyreus brachyaspis Cockerell, 1936
Thyreus calceatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus clypeatus Schreber, 1759
Thyreus decorus Smith, 1852
Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus elegans Morawitz, 1878
Thyreus fallibilis Kohl, 1906
Thyreus hellenicus Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus hirtus de Beaumont, 1940
Thyreus histrio Fabricius, 1775
Thyreus histrionicus Illiger, 1806
Thyreus hohmanni Schwarz, 1993
Thyreus hyalinatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus laevicrus Morawitz, 1887
Thyreus meripes Vachal, 1903
Thyreus nitidulus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Thyreus nitidulus nitidulus Fabricius, 1804
Thyreus orbatus Lepeletier, 1841
Thyreus picaron Lieftinck, 1968
Thyreus picicornis Morawitz, 1875
Thyreus pictus Smith, 1854
Thyreus plumifer Brauns, 1909
Thyreus praevalens Kohl, 1905
Thyreus pretextus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus proximus Meyer, 1921
Thyreus quinquefasciatus Smith, 1879
Thyreus ramosellus Cockerell, 1919
Thyreus ramosus Lepeletier, 1841
Thyreus scutellaris Fabricius, 1781
Thyreus shebicus Engel, 2014
Thyreus sphenophorus Lieftinck, 1962
Thyreus tricuspis Perez, 1883
Thyreus truncatus Perez, 1883
Thyreus uniformis W. F. Kirby, 1900
Thyreus vachali Friese, 1905
Thyreus waroonensis Cockerell, 1913
Xeromelecta (Melectomorpha) californica Cresson, 1878California Xeromelecta
Xeromelecta (Xeromelecta) larreae Cockerell, 1900Larrea Xeromelecta
Zacosmia maculata Cresson, 1879


Links, sources and further information
Melectini at itis.gov