Melecta Explained

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

Species

These 55 species belong to the genus Melecta:

• Melecta aegyptiaca Radoszkowski, 1876

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• Melecta albifrons (Forster, 1771)

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• Melecta alcestis Lieftinck, 1980

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• Melecta alexanderi Griswold & Parker, 1999

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• Melecta amanda Lieftinck, 1980

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• Melecta angustilabris Lieftinck, 1980

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• Melecta assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876

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• Melecta atripes Morawitz, 1895

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• Melecta atroalba (Lieftinck, 1972)

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• Melecta baeri Radoszkowski, 1865

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• Melecta bohartorum Linsley, 1939

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• Melecta brevipila Lieftinck, 1980

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• Melecta canariensis Lieftinck, 1958

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• Melecta candiae Strand, 1915

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• Melecta candida Lieftinck, 1980

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• Melecta caroli Lieftinck, 1958

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• Melecta chalybeia (Lieftinck, 1972)

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• Melecta chinensis Cockerell, 1931

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• Melecta corpulenta Morawitz, 1875

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• Melecta curvispina Lieftinck, 1958

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• Melecta diacantha Eversmann, 1852

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• Melecta diligens Lieftinck, 1983

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• Melecta duodecimmaculata (Rossi, 1790)

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• Melecta edwardsii Cresson, 1878

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• Melecta emodi Baker, 1997

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• Melecta excelsa Lieftinck, 1980

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• Melecta festiva Lieftinck, 1980

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• Melecta fulgida Lieftinck, 1980

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• Melecta fumipennis Lieftinck, 1980

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• Melecta funeraria Smith, 1854

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• Melecta fuscipennis (Morawitz, 1875)

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• Melecta gracilipes Lieftinck, 1980

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• Melecta grandis Lepeletier, 1841

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• Melecta guichardi Lieftinck, 1980

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• Melecta guilochei Dusmet y Alonso, 1915

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• Melecta honesta Lieftinck, 1980

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• Melecta italica Radoszkowski, 1876

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• Melecta kuschakewiczi (Radoszkowski, 1890)

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• Melecta leucorhyncha Gribodo, 1893

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• Melecta luctuosa (Scopoli, 1770)

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• Melecta mundula Lieftinck, 1983

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• Melecta nivosa Morawitz, 1893

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• Melecta obscura Friese, 1895

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• Melecta octomaculata Radoszkowski, 1876

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• Melecta pacifica Cresson, 1878

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• Melecta prophanta Lieftinck, 1980

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• Melecta rutenica Radoszkowski, 1893

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• Melecta separata Cresson, 1879

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• Melecta sibirica Radoszkowski, 1891

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• Melecta sinaitica (Alfken, 1937)

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• Melecta solivaga Lieftinck, 1980

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• Melecta thoracica Cresson, 1875

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• Melecta transcaspica Morawitz, 1895

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• Melecta tuberculata Lieftinck, 1980

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• Melecta turkestanica Radoszkowski, 1893

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

Further reading

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