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Melitta arrogans  (Smith, 1879)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 753673

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Melitta capensis Friese, 1909
  
    Andrena arrogans Smith, 1879
  
    Melitta turneri Cockerell, 1935
  
    Melitta longicornis Friese, 1913
  
    Melitta turneri Meade-Waldo, 1916
  
    Melitta dimidiata capensis Friese, 1909
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderHymenoptera  – abelha, formiga, vespa, ants, bees, wasps  
                                  SuborderApocrita  – abeilles, fourmis, guêpes véritables, narrow-waisted hymenopterans, ants, bees, true wasps  
                                     InfraorderAculeata   
                                        SuperfamilyApoidea  – bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps  
                                           FamilyMelittidae  – melittid bees, melittids  
                                              SubfamilyMelittinae   
                                                 TribeMelittini   
                                                    SubtribeMelittina   
                                                       GenusMelitta Kirby, 1802  
                                                          SpeciesMelitta arrogans (Smith, 1879)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Denis Michez, PhD   
  Notes: Assistant professor, Department of Zoology, Université de Mons   
  Reference for: Melitta arrogans    
       
  Expert: John S. Ascher, PhD   
  Notes: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore   
  Reference for: Melitta arrogans    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist - Draft-49, website (version Draft-49)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Ascher, J. S. and J. Pickering. 20 October, 2017. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species   
  Reference for: Melitta arrogans   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eardley, C., and M. Kuhlmann   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title: Southern and East African Melitta Kirby (Apoidea: Melittidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: African Entomology, vol. 14, no. 2   
  Page(s): 293-305   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1021-3589   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Melitta arrogans   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eardley, Connal, and Rosalind Urban   
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalogue of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, issue 2455   
  Page(s): 1-548   
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2010/2455.html   
  Reference for: Melitta arrogans   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Michez, Denis, and Connal Eardley   
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: Monographic revision of the bee genus Melitta Kirby 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n. s.), vol. 43, no. 4   
  Page(s): 379-440   
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0037-9271   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Melitta arrogans   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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