AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Tribe Melittiini Le Cerf, 1917
and region Palaearctic (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
410
11836
195891
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
409
11835
195891
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
393
11737
195065
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
321
11429
194056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
66
1516
4394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
65
1515
4388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
64
1512
4385
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
28
496
1106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
6
62
467
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sesioidea
Common, 1974
Clearwings
2
28
395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySesiidae
Boisduval, 1828
Clear Wings, Clear-winged moths, Clearwing Moths
27
394
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySesiinae
Boisduval, 1828
Sesiines
12
349
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMelittiini
Le Cerf, 1917
2
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Palaearctic
2 Genera with 5 Species
Macroscelesia Hampson, 19923SpeciesTaxom
Melittia Hübner, 1987Wasp Moth6SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Palaearctic
5 Species and 4 Subspecies
Macroscelesia japona Hampson, 1919
Macroscelesia longipes F. Moore, 1877
Macroscelesia longipes yamatoensis Arita, 1992
Melittia eurytion (Westwood, 1848)⇒ Melittia japona Hampson, 1919
Melittia eurytion eurytion
Melittia eurytion formosana Matsumura, 1911
Melittia inouei Arita & Yata, 1987
Melittia sangaica Moore, 1877
Melittia sangaica nipponica Arita & Yata, 1987


Links, sources and further information
Melittiini at afromoths.net
Melittiini at itis.gov