Melitoma

Melitoma is a genus of chimney bees in the family Apidae. There are about 13 described species in Melitoma. Found in the Nearctic and Neotropics.

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Melitoma:

• Melitoma ameghinoi <small>(Holmberg, 1903)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melitoma bifax <small>Vachal, 1909</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melitoma grisella <small>(Cockerell & Porter, 1899)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melitoma ipomoearum <small>Ducke, 1913</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melitoma marginella <small>(Cresson, 1872)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Melitoma nudicauda <small>Cockerell, 1949</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melitoma nudipes <small>(Burmeister, 1876)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melitoma osmioides <small>(Ducke, 1908)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melitoma segmentaria <small>(Fabricius, 1804)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melitoma strenua <small>(Holmberg, 1903)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Melitoma taurea <small>(Say, 1837)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (mallow bee)

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

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