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Melitta Kirby, 1802
Taxonomic Serial No.: 634198

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Dolichochile Viereck, 1909
		Cilissa Leach, 1815
		Kirbya Lepeletier, 1841
		Pseudocilissa Radoszkowski, 1891
		Brachycephalapis Viereck, 1909
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2017

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	Melittidae – melittid bees, melittids
	Subfamily	Melittinae
	Tribe	Melittini
	Subtribe	Melittina
	Genus	Melitta Kirby, 1802
		Direct Children:
	Species	Melitta aegyptiaca (Radoszkowski, 1891)
	Species	Melitta albida Cockerell, 1935
	Species	Melitta americana (Smith, 1853)
	Species	Melitta arrogans (Smith, 1879)
	Species	Melitta avontuurensis Michez and Kuhlmann, 2014
	Species	Melitta barbarae Eardley, 2006
	Species	Melitta bicollaris Warncke, 1973
	Species	Melitta budashkini Radchenko and Ivanov, 2012
	Species	Melitta budensis (Mocsáry, 1878)
	Species	Melitta californica Viereck, 1909
	Species	Melitta cameroni (Cockerell, 1910)
	Species	Melitta changmuensis Wu, 1988
	Species	Melitta danae Eardley, 2006
	Species	Melitta dimidiata Morawitz, 1876
	Species	Melitta eickworti Snelling and Stage, 1995
	Species	Melitta engeli Michez, 2012
	Species	Melitta ezoana Yasumatsu and Hirashima, 1956
	Species	Melitta fulvescenta Wu, 2000
	Species	Melitta guichardi Michez, 2007
	Species	Melitta haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)
	Species	Melitta harrietae (Bingham, 1897)
	Species	Melitta heilungkiangensis Wu, 1978
	Species	Melitta hispanica Friese, 1900
	Species	Melitta iberica Warncke, 1973
	Species	Melitta japonica Yasumatsu and Hirashima, 1956
	Species	Melitta kastiliensis Warncke, 1973
	Species	Melitta katherinae Eardley, 2006
	Species	Melitta latronis Cockerell, 1924
	Species	Melitta leporina (Panzer, 1799)
	Species	Melitta magnifica Michez, 2012
	Species	Melitta maura (Pérez, 1896)
	Species	Melitta melanura (Nylander, 1852)
	Species	Melitta melittoides (Viereck, 1909)
	Species	Melitta mongolica Wu, 1978
	Species	Melitta montana Wu, 1992
	Species	Melitta murciana Warncke, 1973
	Species	Melitta nigrabdominalis Wu, 1988
	Species	Melitta nigricans Alfken, 1905
	Species	Melitta piersbakeri Engel, 2005
	Species	Melitta rasmonti Michez, 2007
	Species	Melitta richtersveldensis Michez and Kuhlmann, 2014
	Species	Melitta schmiedeknechtii Friese, 1898
	Species	Melitta schultzei Friese, 1909
	Species	Melitta seitzi Alfken, 1927
	Species	Melitta sibirica (Morawitz, 1888)
	Species	Melitta singular Michez, 2012
	Species	Melitta tomentosa Friese, 1900
	Species	Melitta tricincta Kirby, 1802
	Species	Melitta udmurtica Sitdikov, 1986
	Species	Melitta whiteheadi Eardley, 2006

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Denis Michez, PhD
	Notes:	Assistant professor, Department of Zoology, Université de Mons
	Reference for:	Melitta

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

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Hymenoptera Name Server version 0.03 4.x.2002, website (version 0.03)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu:8880/hymenoptera/nomenclator.home_page
	Reference for:	Melitta

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Kirby, William
	Publication Date:	1802
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Monographia Apum Angliae; or, An Attempt to Divide into their Natural Genera and Families, such Species of the Linnean Genus Apis as Have Been Discovered in England: with Descriptions and Observations
	Page(s):
	Publisher:	Ipswich
	Publication Place:	London, England
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	Vol. 1. xxii + 258 pp. Vol. 2: 388 pp. + 18 pls http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10929642
	Reference for:	original description

	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:	Melitta

	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:	Melitta

	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
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0037-9271
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Melitta

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Comments


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