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Melecta Latreille, 1802
Taxonomic Serial No.: 154386

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Melecta candiae Strand, 1915
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2020

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Holometabola
	Order	Hymenoptera – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps
	Suborder	Apocrita – abeilles, fourmis, guępes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps
	Infraorder	Aculeata
	Superfamily	Apoidea – bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps
	Family	Apidae – euglossine, euglossines, honey bees, stingless bees
	Subfamily	Apinae
	Tribe	Melectini
	Genus	Melecta Latreille, 1802
		Direct Children:
	Species	Melecta aegyptiaca Radoszkowski, 1876
	Species	Melecta albifrons (Forster, 1771)
	Species	Melecta alcestis Lieftinck, 1980
	Species	Melecta alexanderi Griswold and Parker, 1999
	Species	Melecta amanda Lieftinck, 1980
	Species	Melecta angustilabris Lieftinck, 1980
	Species	Melecta ashabadensis Radoszkowski, 1894
	Species	Melecta assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876
	Species	Melecta atripes Morawitz, 1895
	Species	Melecta atroalba (Lieftinck, 1972)
	Species	Melecta baerii (Radoszkowski, 1866)
	Species	Melecta bohartorum Linsley, 1939
	Species	Melecta brevipila Lieftinck, 1980
	Species	Melecta canariensis Lieftinck, 1958
	Species	Melecta candida Lieftinck, 1980
	Species	Melecta caroli Lieftinck, 1958
	Species	Melecta chalybeia (Lieftinck, 1972)
	Species	Melecta chinensis Cockerell, 1931
	Species	Melecta corpulenta Morawitz, 1875
	Species	Melecta curvispina Lieftinck, 1958
	Species	Melecta diacantha Eversmann, 1852
	Species	Melecta diligens Lieftinck, 1983
	Species	Melecta duodecimmaculata (Rossi, 1790)
	Species	Melecta edwardsii Cresson, 1879
	Species	Melecta emodi Baker, 1997
	Species	Melecta eversmanni Radoszkowski, 1894
	Species	Melecta excelsa Lieftinck, 1980
	Species	Melecta festiva Lieftinck, 1980
	Species	Melecta fulgida Lieftinck, 1980
	Species	Melecta fumipennis Lieftinck, 1980
	Species	Melecta funeraria Smith, 1854
	Species	Melecta fuscipennis Morawitz, 1875
	Species	Melecta gracilipes Lieftinck, 1980
	Species	Melecta grandis Lepeletier, 1841
	Species	Melecta guichardi Lieftinck, 1980
	Species	Melecta guilochei Dusmet y Alonso, 1915
	Species	Melecta honesta Lieftinck, 1980
	Species	Melecta italica Radoszkowski, 1876
	Species	Melecta kashmirensis (Nurse, 1903)
	Species	Melecta kuschakewiczi (Radoszkowski, 1891)
	Species	Melecta leucorhyncha Gribodo, 1893
	Species	Melecta luctuosa (Scopoli, 1770)
	Species	Melecta mundula Lieftinck, 1983
	Species	Melecta nivosa Morawitz, 1894
	Species	Melecta obscura Friese, 1895
	Species	Melecta pacifica Cresson, 1879
	Species	Melecta prophanta Lieftinck, 1980
	Species	Melecta separata Cresson, 1879
	Species	Melecta sibirica Radoszkowski, 1891
	Species	Melecta sinaitica (Alfken, 1937)
	Species	Melecta solivaga Lieftinck, 1980
	Species	Melecta thoracica Cresson, 1875
	Species	Melecta transcaspica Morawitz, 1895
	Species	Melecta tuberculata Lieftinck, 1980
	Species	Melecta turkestanica Radoszkowski, 1894

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	John S. Ascher, PhD
	Notes:	Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore
	Reference for:	Melecta

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist - Draft-54, website (version Draft-54)
	Acquired:	2020
	Notes:	Ascher, J. S. and J. Pickering. 01 February, 2020. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species
	Reference for:	Melecta

	Source:	Hymenoptera Name Server version 1.5 19.xii.2007, website (version 1.5)
	Acquired:	2018
	Notes:	https://hns.osu.edu/
	Reference for:	Melecta

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Melecta

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Michener, Charles D.
	Publication Date:	2000
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	The Bees of the World
	Page(s):	xiv + 913
	Publisher:	The Johns Hopkins University Press
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-8018-6133-0
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Melecta

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Michener, Charles D.
	Publication Date:	2007
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	The Bees of the World, Second Edition
	Page(s):	xvi + 953
	Publisher:	The Johns Hopkins University Press
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-8018-8573-6
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Melecta

Geographic Information


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Comments


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