Melecta Chalybeia

''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

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Apinae
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