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

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