Melecta

Melecta is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are at least 50 described species in Melecta.

Melecta
Melecta pacifica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Tribe:	Melectini
Genus:	Melecta Latreille, 1802

Melecta albifrons

Species

These 55 species belong to the genus Melecta:

• Melecta aegyptiaca Radoszkowski, 1876 ^{i c g}
• Melecta albifrons (Forster, 1771) ^{i c g}
• Melecta alcestis Lieftinck, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Melecta alexanderi Griswold & Parker, 1999 ^{i c g}
• Melecta amanda Lieftinck, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Melecta angustilabris Lieftinck, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Melecta assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876 ^{i c g}
• Melecta atripes Morawitz, 1895 ^{i c g}
• Melecta atroalba (Lieftinck, 1972) ^{i c g}
• Melecta baeri Radoszkowski, 1865 ^{i c g}
• Melecta bohartorum Linsley, 1939 ^{i c g}
• Melecta brevipila Lieftinck, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Melecta canariensis Lieftinck, 1958 ^{i c g}
• Melecta candiae Strand, 1915 ^g
• Melecta candida Lieftinck, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Melecta caroli Lieftinck, 1958 ^{i c g}
• Melecta chalybeia (Lieftinck, 1972) ^{i c g}
• Melecta chinensis Cockerell, 1931 ^{i c g}
• Melecta corpulenta Morawitz, 1875 ^{i c g}
• Melecta curvispina Lieftinck, 1958 ^{i c g}
• Melecta diacantha Eversmann, 1852 ^{i c g}
• Melecta diligens Lieftinck, 1983 ^{i c g}
• Melecta duodecimmaculata (Rossi, 1790) ^{i c g}
• Melecta edwardsii Cresson, 1878 ^{i c g b} (Edward's melecta)
• Melecta emodi Baker, 1997 ^{i c g}
• Melecta excelsa Lieftinck, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Melecta festiva Lieftinck, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Melecta fulgida Lieftinck, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Melecta fumipennis Lieftinck, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Melecta funeraria Smith, 1854 ^{i c g}
• Melecta fuscipennis (Morawitz, 1875) ^{i c g}
• Melecta gracilipes Lieftinck, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Melecta grandis Lepeletier, 1841 ^{i c g}
• Melecta guichardi Lieftinck, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Melecta guilochei Dusmet y Alonso, 1915 ^{i c g}
• Melecta honesta Lieftinck, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Melecta italica Radoszkowski, 1876 ^{i c g}
• Melecta kuschakewiczi (Radoszkowski, 1890) ^{i c g}
• Melecta leucorhyncha Gribodo, 1893 ^{i c g}
• Melecta luctuosa (Scopoli, 1770) ^{i c g}
• Melecta mundula Lieftinck, 1983 ^{i c g}
• Melecta nivosa Morawitz, 1893 ^{i c g}
• Melecta obscura Friese, 1895 ^{i c g}
• Melecta octomaculata Radoszkowski, 1876 ^g
• Melecta pacifica Cresson, 1878 ^{i c g b}
• Melecta prophanta Lieftinck, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Melecta rutenica Radoszkowski, 1893 ^g
• Melecta separata Cresson, 1879 ^{i c g b}
• Melecta sibirica Radoszkowski, 1891 ^{i c g}
• Melecta sinaitica (Alfken, 1937) ^{i c g}
• Melecta solivaga Lieftinck, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Melecta thoracica Cresson, 1875 ^{i c g}
• Melecta transcaspica Morawitz, 1895 ^{i c g}
• Melecta tuberculata Lieftinck, 1980 ^{i c g}
• Melecta turkestanica Radoszkowski, 1893 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2019). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.

External links

• Media related to Melecta at Wikimedia Commons