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Melissodes Latreille, 1829
Taxonomic Serial No.: 634194

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	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	Eucerini – Long-horned Bees
	Subtribe	Eucerina
	Genus	Melissodes Latreille, 1829
		Direct Children:
	Species	Melissodes ablusus Cockerell, 1926
	Species	Melissodes agilis Cresson, 1879
	Species	Melissodes apicatus Lovell and Cockerell, 1906
	Species	Melissodes appressus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes baileyi Cockerell, 1906
	Species	Melissodes bicoloratus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes bidentis Cockerell, 1914
	Species	Melissodes bimaculatus (Lepeletier, 1825)
	Species	Melissodes bimatris LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes blandus LaBerge, 1956
	Species	Melissodes boltoniae Robertson, 1905
	Species	Melissodes brevipygus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes bruneri (Cockerell, 1918)
	Species	Melissodes cajennensis (Lepeletier, 1841)
	Species	Melissodes cerussatus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes cestus Krombein, 1953
	Species	Melissodes clarkiae LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes colliciatus Cockerell, 1910
	Species	Melissodes coloradensis Cresson, 1879
	Species	Melissodes comatus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes communis Cresson, 1879
	Species	Melissodes compositus Tucker, 1909
	Species	Melissodes comptoides Robertson, 1898
	Species	Melissodes confusus Cresson, 1879
	Species	Melissodes coreopsis Robertson, 1905
	Species	Melissodes crocinus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes cubensis LaBerge, 1956
	Species	Melissodes dagosus Cockerell, 1909
	Species	Melissodes denticulatus Smith, 1854
	Species	Melissodes dentiventris Smith, 1854
	Species	Melissodes desponsus Smith, 1854
	Species	Melissodes druriellus (Kirby, 1802)
	Species	Melissodes ecuadorius Bertoni and Schrottky, 1910
	Species	Melissodes elegans LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes exilis LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes expolitus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes fasciatellus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes fimbratus Cresson, 1879
	Species	Melissodes flexus LaBerge, 1956
	Species	Melissodes floris Cockerell, 1896
	Species	Melissodes foxi Crawford, 1915
	Species	Melissodes fumosus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes gelidus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes gilensis Cockerell, 1896
	Species	Melissodes glenwoodensis Cockerell, 1905
	Species	Melissodes grindeliae Cockerell, 1898
	Species	Melissodes haitiensis LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes humilior Cockerell, 1903
	Species	Melissodes hurdi LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes hymenoxidis Cockerell, 1906
	Species	Melissodes illatus Lovell and Cockerell, 1906
	Species	Melissodes interruptus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes intortus Cresson, 1872
	Species	Melissodes labiatarum Cockerell, 1896
	Species	Melissodes leprieuri Blanchard, 1849
	Species	Melissodes limbus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes lupinus Cresson, 1879
	Species	Melissodes lustrus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes lutulentus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes maestus LaBerge, 1956
	Species	Melissodes manipularis Smith, 1854
	Species	Melissodes martinicensis Cockerell, 1917
	Species	Melissodes melanurus (Cockerell, 1916)
	Species	Melissodes menuachus Cresson, 1868
	Species	Melissodes metenuus Cockerell, 1924
	Species	Melissodes micheneri LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes microstictus Cockerell, 1905
	Species	Melissodes mimicus Cresson, 1869
	Species	Melissodes minusculus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes mitchelli LaBerge, 1956
	Species	Melissodes monoensis LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes montanus Cresson, 1879
	Species	Melissodes moorei Cockerell, 1926
	Species	Melissodes morosa Cresson, 1879
	Species	Melissodes morrilli Cockerell, 1918
	Species	Melissodes negligendus Cockerell, 1951
	Species	Melissodes nigroaeneus (Smith, 1854)
	Species	Melissodes nigrocaudus LaBerg, 1961
	Species	Melissodes niveus Robertson, 1895
	Species	Melissodes ochraeus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes opuntiellus Cockerell, 1911
	Species	Melissodes pallidisignatus Cockerell, 1905
	Species	Melissodes panamensis Cockerell, 1928
	Species	Melissodes paroselae Cockerell, 1905
	Species	Melissodes paucipunctus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes paululus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes perlusus Cockerell, 1925
	Species	Melissodes perpolitus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes persimilis Cockerell, 1951
	Species	Melissodes personatellus Cockerell, 1901
	Species	Melissodes pexus LaBerg, 1961
	Species	Melissodes pilleatus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes plumosus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes pullatellus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes pullatus Cresson, 1865
	Species	Melissodes raphaelis Cockerell, 1898
	Species	Melissodes relucens LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes rivalis Cresson, 1872
	Species	Melissodes robustior Cockerell, 1915
	Species	Melissodes rufipes LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes rufodentatus Smith, 1854
	Species	Melissodes saponellus Cockerell, 1908
	Species	Melissodes scotti Cockerell, 1939
	Species	Melissodes semilupinus Cockerell, 1905
	Species	Melissodes sexcinctus (Lepeletier, 1841)
	Species	Melissodes snowii Cresson, 1879
	Species	Melissodes sonorensis LaBerge, 1963
	Species	Melissodes sphaeralceae Cockerell, 1896
	Species	Melissodes stearnsi Cockerell, 1905
	Species	Melissodes subagilis Cockerell, 1905
	Species	Melissodes subillatus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes submenuachus Cockerell, 1897
	Species	Melissodes tepaneca Cresson, 1879
	Species	Melissodes tepidus Cresson, 1879
	Species	Melissodes terminatus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes tescorum LaBerge, 1963
	Species	Melissodes tessellatus LaBerge, 1956
	Species	Melissodes thelypodii Cockerell, 1905
	Species	Melissodes tibialis (Fabricius, 1804)
	Species	Melissodes tinctus LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes tintinnans (Holmberg, 1884)
	Species	Melissodes tribas LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes trifasciatus Cresson, 1879
	Species	Melissodes trinodis Robertson, 1901
	Species	Melissodes tristis Cockerell, 1894
	Species	Melissodes tuckeri Cockerell, 1909
	Species	Melissodes utahensis LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes velutinus (Cockerell, 1916)
	Species	Melissodes verbesinarum Cockerell, 1905
	Species	Melissodes vernalis LaBerge, 1961
	Species	Melissodes vernoniae Robertson, 1902
	Species	Melissodes wheeleri Cockerell, 1906

References


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

	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:	Melissodes

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

	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:	Melissodes

	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:	Melissodes

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	Apparently the gender of Melissodes has always been treated as feminine by bee specialists. However, Doug Yanega (in litt., May 2008) has suggested that the gender should be masculine under ICZN Art. 30.1.4.4. This matter needs further consideration

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