Melecta

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 <small>Radoszkowski, 1876</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta albifrons <small>(Forster, 1771)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta alcestis <small>Lieftinck, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta alexanderi <small>Griswold & Parker, 1999</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta amanda <small>Lieftinck, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta angustilabris <small>Lieftinck, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta assimilis <small>Radoszkowski, 1876</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta atripes <small>Morawitz, 1895</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta atroalba <small>(Lieftinck, 1972)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta baeri <small>Radoszkowski, 1865</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta bohartorum <small>Linsley, 1939</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta brevipila <small>Lieftinck, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta canariensis <small>Lieftinck, 1958</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta candiae <small>Strand, 1915</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Melecta candida <small>Lieftinck, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta caroli <small>Lieftinck, 1958</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta chalybeia <small>(Lieftinck, 1972)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta chinensis <small>Cockerell, 1931</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta corpulenta <small>Morawitz, 1875</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta curvispina <small>Lieftinck, 1958</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta diacantha <small>Eversmann, 1852</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta diligens <small>Lieftinck, 1983</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta duodecimmaculata <small>(Rossi, 1790)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta edwardsii <small>Cresson, 1878</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (Edward's melecta)
• Melecta emodi <small>Baker, 1997</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta excelsa <small>Lieftinck, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta festiva <small>Lieftinck, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta fulgida <small>Lieftinck, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta fumipennis <small>Lieftinck, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta funeraria <small>Smith, 1854</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta fuscipennis <small>(Morawitz, 1875)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta gracilipes <small>Lieftinck, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta grandis <small>Lepeletier, 1841</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta guichardi <small>Lieftinck, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta guilochei <small>Dusmet y Alonso, 1915</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta honesta <small>Lieftinck, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta italica <small>Radoszkowski, 1876</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta kuschakewiczi <small>(Radoszkowski, 1890)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta leucorhyncha <small>Gribodo, 1893</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta luctuosa <small>(Scopoli, 1770)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta mundula <small>Lieftinck, 1983</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta nivosa <small>Morawitz, 1893</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta obscura <small>Friese, 1895</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta octomaculata <small>Radoszkowski, 1876</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Melecta pacifica <small>Cresson, 1878</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Melecta prophanta <small>Lieftinck, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta rutenica <small>Radoszkowski, 1893</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Melecta separata <small>Cresson, 1879</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Melecta sibirica <small>Radoszkowski, 1891</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta sinaitica <small>(Alfken, 1937)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta solivaga <small>Lieftinck, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta thoracica <small>Cresson, 1875</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta transcaspica <small>Morawitz, 1895</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta tuberculata <small>Lieftinck, 1980</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melecta turkestanica <small>Radoszkowski, 1893</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

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