| Melitta | |
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| Melitta maura, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Melittidae |
| Subfamily: | Melittinae |
| Genus: | Melitta Kirby, 1802 |
| Species | |
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~40 species (see text) | |
Melitta is a genus of bees in the family Melittidae. It includes about 40 species restricted to Africa and the northern temperate zone.[citation needed] 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 have a crucial role as pollinators and they are protected through the Pollinators policy based on EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030.[1]
Species[edit]
- 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
References[edit]
- C. D. Michener (2000) The Bees of the World, Johns Hopkins University Press.
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