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Bee, Melitta leporina, Melitta tricincta, Hymenopterans, Melitta haemorrhoidalis |
Melitta is a genus of bees in the family Melittidae. It includes about 40 species restricted to Africa and the northern temperate zone. Most of the species are Palaearctic, though three rare species occur in North America.
They are bees of moderate size, generally 8 to 15 mm long. They are commonly oligolectic, with narrow host plant preferences. They resemble bees of the genus Andrena, though with radically different mouthparts and a scopa limited to the hind tibia and basitarsus.
Melitta aegyptiaca (Radoszkowski, 1891)
Melitta albida Cockerell, 1935
Melitta americana (Smith, 1853)
Melitta arrogans (Smith, 1879)
Melitta barbarae Eardley, 2006
Melitta bicollaris Warncke, 1973
Melitta budashkini Radchenko & Ivanov, 2012
Melitta budensis (Mocsáry, 1878)
Melitta californica Viereck, 1909
Melitta cameroni (Cockerell, 1910)
Melitta changmuensis Wu, 1988
Melitta danae Eardley, 2006
Melitta dimidiata Morawitz, 1876
Melitta eickworti Snelling & Stage, 1995
Melitta engeli Michez, 2012
Melitta ezoana Yasumatsu & Hirashima, 1956
Melitta fulvescenta Wu, 2000
Melitta guichardi Michez, 2007
Melitta haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Melitta harrietae (Bingham, 1897)
Melitta heilungkiangensis Wu, 1978
Melitta hispanica Friese 1900
Melitta iberica Warncke, 1973
Melitta japonica Yasumatsu & Hirashima, 1956
Melitta kastiliensis Warncke, 1973
Melitta katherinae Eardley, 2006
Melitta latronis Cockerell, 1924
Melitta leporina (Panzer, 1799)
Melitta magnifica Michez, 2012
Melitta maura (Pérez, 1896)
Melitta melanura (Nylander, 1852)
Melitta melittoides (Viereck, 1909)
Melitta mongolica Wu, 1978
Melitta montana Wu, 1992
Melitta murciana Warncke, 1973
Melitta nigrabdominalis Wu, 1988
Melitta nigricans Alfken, 1905
Melitta piersbakeri Engel, 2005
Melitta rasmonti Michez, 2007
Melitta schmiedeknechti Friese, 1898
Melitta schultzei Friese, 1909
Melitta seitzi Alfken 1927
Melitta sibirica (Morawitz, 1888)
Melitta singular Michez, 2012
Melitta tomentosa Friese, 1900
Melitta tricincta Kirby, 1802
Melitta udmurtica Sitdikov 1986
Melitta whiteheadi Eardley, 2006
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