Melitoma

Melitoma is a genus of chimney bees in the family Apidae. There are about 13 described species in Melitoma.[1][2][3][4][5] Found in the Nearctic and Neotropics.[4]

Melitoma
Melitoma taurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Tribe:	Emphorini
Genus:	Melitoma Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Melitoma:

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

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Melitoma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
2. "Browse Melitoma". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
3. "Melitoma". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
4. "Melitoma Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
5. "Melitoma Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-01.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-01.

External links

• Media related to Melitoma at Wikimedia Commons