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Brachymelecta californica (Cresson, 1878)

Melecta californica Cresson, 1878:91, ♂♀. 10 ♂♀, California (leg. H. Edwards, Behrens); Hurd & Linsley, 1951Hurd, P.D. Jr. & E.G. Linsley 1951. The Melectine bees of California. Bulletin of the California insect survey 1 (5):119-140.:128, Type ♂ (A.N.S.P.); Onuferko et al., 2021Onuferko, T.M., L. Packer & J.A. Genaro 2021. Brachymelecta Linsley, 1939, previously the rarest North American bee genus, was described from an aberrant specimen and is the senior synonym for Xeromelecta Linsley, 1939. European Journal of Taxonomy 754:1-51.:15, Lectotype ♂ (ANSP, 2292). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Cockerell, 1903Cockerell, T.D.A. 1903. A catalogue of the bees of California. Psyche 10:74-78. (distribution); Cockerell, 1905Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. The bees of southern California. VIII. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 4 (2):28-33. (distribution); Linsley, 1943Linsley, E. G. 1943. The genus Melecta in eastern North America and Porto Rico (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 51 (3):225-227. (distribution). - As Brachymelecta californica: - Onuferko et al., 2021Onuferko, T.M., L. Packer & J.A. Genaro 2021. Brachymelecta Linsley, 1939, previously the rarest North American bee genus, was described from an aberrant specimen and is the senior synonym for Xeromelecta Linsley, 1939. European Journal of Taxonomy 754:1-51. (distribution). - As Melecta californica californica: - Michener, 1948Michener, C.D. 1948. Notes on the American bees of the genus Melecta (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 50 (1):15-18. (distribution). - As Xeromelecta californica: - Hurd & Linsley, 1951Hurd, P.D. Jr. & E.G. Linsley 1951. The Melectine bees of California. Bulletin of the California insect survey 1 (5):119-140. (distribution); Hurd, 1953Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1953. Notes on the Melectine Bees of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 26 (1):35-37. (distribution); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Rozen, 2000Rozen, J.G. 2000. Pupal descriptions of some cleptoparasitic bees (Apidae), with a preliminary generic key to pupae of cleptoparasitic bees (Apoidea). American Museum Novitates 3289:1-19. (distribution); Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197. (distribution); Esperanza de Pedro, 2021Esperanza de Pedro, D. 2021. . :. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution).
Melecta mucida Cresson, 1879:205, ♂. Holotype ♂, Nevada (leg. Morrison); Onuferko et al., 2021Onuferko, T.M., L. Packer & J.A. Genaro 2021. Brachymelecta Linsley, 1939, previously the rarest North American bee genus, was described from an aberrant specimen and is the senior synonym for Xeromelecta Linsley, 1939. European Journal of Taxonomy 754:1-51.:15, Holotype ♀ (ANSP, 10129). Synonymized with Brachymelecta californica (Cresson, 1878) by Onuferko et al., 2021Onuferko, T.M., L. Packer & J.A. Genaro 2021. Brachymelecta Linsley, 1939, previously the rarest North American bee genus, was described from an aberrant specimen and is the senior synonym for Xeromelecta Linsley, 1939. European Journal of Taxonomy 754:1-51.:13.
Melecta miranda Fox, 1893:143, ♀. ♀, Rapid City and Custer, S. Dak. (leg. J.T. Aldrich); Linsley, 1939Linsley, E. G. 1939. A revision of the Nearctic Melectinae (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 32:429-468.:457, Type ♀ (Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., No. 10129). - Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Notes on american bees (Concluded from p. 129). The Entomologist 32:154-159. (distribution); Cockerell, 1901Cockerell, T.D.A. 1901. Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station. - X. Observations on bees collected at Las Vegas, New Mexico, and in the adjacent Mountains. II. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7: v. 7:125-131. (distribution); Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The bees of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:289-314. (distribution); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:494 ( listed as synonym of Xeromelecta californica (Cresson, 1878)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2172 ( listed as synonym of Xeromelecta californica (Cresson, 1878)); Onuferko et al., 2021Onuferko, T.M., L. Packer & J.A. Genaro 2021. Brachymelecta Linsley, 1939, previously the rarest North American bee genus, was described from an aberrant specimen and is the senior synonym for Xeromelecta Linsley, 1939. European Journal of Taxonomy 754:1-51.:13 ( listed as synonym of Brachymelecta californica (Cresson, 1878)). - As Melecta californica miranda: - Linsley, 1939Linsley, E. G. 1939. A revision of the Nearctic Melectinae (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 32:429-468. (distribution). - As Pseudomelecta californica miranda: - Cockerell, 1917Cockerell, T.D.A. 1917. Descriptions and records of bees. - LXXV. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 19 (114):473-481. (distribution); Cockerell, 1919Cockerell, T.D.A. 1919. Descriptions and records of bees. - LXXXVII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 9: v. 4 (23):355-360. (distribution). - As Pseudomelecta miranda: - Cockerell, 1921Cockerell, T.D.A. 1921. Western bees obtained by the American Museum expeditions. American Museum Novitates 24:1-15. (distribution); Cockerell, 1934Cockerell, T.D.A. 1934. Records of Western bees. American Museum Novitates 697:1-15. (distribution).
Pseudomelecta pasadenensis Cockerell, 1910:27, ♀. ♀, Pasadena, California, April 30, 1909 (leg. F. Grinnell, Jr.); Onuferko et al., 2021Onuferko, T.M., L. Packer & J.A. Genaro 2021. Brachymelecta Linsley, 1939, previously the rarest North American bee genus, was described from an aberrant specimen and is the senior synonym for Xeromelecta Linsley, 1939. European Journal of Taxonomy 754:1-51.:15, Holotype ♀ (CAS, 15525). - Cockerell & Sandhouse, 1924Cockerell, T.D.A. & G. Sandhouse 1924. Parasitic bees (Epeolinae and Melectinae) in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 13 (19):305-324. (distribution); Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:494 ( listed as synonym of Xeromelecta californica (Cresson, 1878)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2172 ( listed as synonym of Xeromelecta californica (Cresson, 1878)); Onuferko et al., 2021Onuferko, T.M., L. Packer & J.A. Genaro 2021. Brachymelecta Linsley, 1939, previously the rarest North American bee genus, was described from an aberrant specimen and is the senior synonym for Xeromelecta Linsley, 1939. European Journal of Taxonomy 754:1-51.:13 ( listed as synonym of Brachymelecta californica (Cresson, 1878)).
Melecta sladeni Viereck, 1924:15, Onuferko et al., 2021Onuferko, T.M., L. Packer & J.A. Genaro 2021. Brachymelecta Linsley, 1939, previously the rarest North American bee genus, was described from an aberrant specimen and is the senior synonym for Xeromelecta Linsley, 1939. European Journal of Taxonomy 754:1-51.:15, Holotype ♀ (CNC, 652). - Mitchell, 1962Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.:494 ( listed as synonym of Xeromelecta californica (Cresson, 1878)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:2172 ( listed as synonym of Xeromelecta californica (Cresson, 1878)); Onuferko et al., 2021Onuferko, T.M., L. Packer & J.A. Genaro 2021. Brachymelecta Linsley, 1939, previously the rarest North American bee genus, was described from an aberrant specimen and is the senior synonym for Xeromelecta Linsley, 1939. European Journal of Taxonomy 754:1-51.:13 ( listed as synonym of Brachymelecta californica (Cresson, 1878)).

Common names

  •  California digger-cuckoo bee

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Area distribution map

map of Brachymelecta californica (Cresson, 1878)

Distribution

CAN-AlbCanada - Alberta
 (Onuferko et al., 2021)
CAN-BrCCanada - British Columbia
 (Hurd, 1953; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Onuferko et al., 2021 [as Melecta sladeni Viereck, 1924]; Onuferko et al., 2021)
MEXMexico
 (Cockerell, 1917 [as Pseudomelecta californica miranda (Fox, 1893)]; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-BaCMexico - Baja California
 (Hurd, 1953; Esperanza de Pedro, 2021)
MEX-BCSMexico - Baja California Sur
 (Onuferko et al., 2021)
MEX-DiFMexico - Distrito Federal (Mexico City)
 (Onuferko et al., 2021)
MEX-DurMexico - Durango
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-MéxMexico - México
 (Yáñez-Ordóñez & Hinojosa-Díaz, 2004)
MEX-PueMexico - Puebla
 (Hurd, 1953)
MEX-SinMexico - Sinaloa
 (Onuferko et al., 2021)
MEX-SonMexico - Sonora
 (Onuferko et al., 2021)
MEX-ZacMexico - Zacatecas
 (Michener, 1948; Hurd, 1953)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Onuferko et al., 2021)
USA-CAUnited States - California
 (Cresson, 1878; Dalla Torre, 1896; Cockerell, 1903; Cockerell, 1905; Cockerell, 1910 [as Pseudomelecta pasadenensis Cockerell, 1910]; Cockerell & Sandhouse, 1924 [as Pseudomelecta pasadenensis Cockerell, 1910]; Hurd & Linsley, 1951; Krombein et al., 1979; Onuferko et al., 2021; Onuferko et al., 2021 [as Pseudomelecta pasadenensis Cockerell, 1910]; Onuferko et al., 2021)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Cockerell, 1919 [as Pseudomelecta californica miranda (Fox, 1893)]; Cockerell, 1921 [as Pseudomelecta miranda (Fox, 1893)]; Cockerell, 1934 [as Pseudomelecta miranda (Fox, 1893)]; Linsley, 1939 [as Melecta californica miranda Fox, 1893])
USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
 (Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Linsley, 1939 [as Melecta californica miranda Fox, 1893])
USA-MOUnited States - Missouri
 (Linsley, 1943; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NEUnited States - Nebraska
 (Linsley, 1939 [as Melecta californica miranda Fox, 1893]; Rozen, 2000)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Cockerell, 1899 [as Melecta miranda Fox, 1893]; Cockerell, 1901 [as Melecta miranda Fox, 1893]; Cockerell, 1906 [as Melecta miranda Fox, 1893]; Linsley, 1939 [as Melecta californica miranda Fox, 1893]; Onuferko et al., 2021)
USA-NVUnited States - Nevada
 (Cresson, 1879 [as Melecta mucida Cresson, 1879]; Onuferko et al., 2021 [as Melecta mucida Cresson, 1879]; Onuferko et al., 2021)
USA-OKUnited States - Oklahoma
 (Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-ORUnited States - Oregon
 (Onuferko et al., 2021)
USA-SDUnited States - South Dakota
 (Fox, 1893 [as Melecta miranda Fox, 1893]; Cockerell, 1906 [as Melecta miranda Fox, 1893]; Linsley, 1939 [as Melecta californica miranda Fox, 1893]; Hurd, 1953)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Linsley, 1939 [as Melecta californica miranda Fox, 1893]; Krombein et al., 1979; Onuferko et al., 2021)
USA-UTUnited States - Utah
 (Onuferko et al., 2021)
USA-WIUnited States - Wisconsin
 (Mitchell, 1962)

Literature

  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. Notes on american bees (Concluded from p. 129). The Entomologist 32:154-159.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1901. Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station. - X. Observations on bees collected at Las Vegas, New Mexico, and in the adjacent Mountains. II. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7: v. 7:125-131.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1903. A catalogue of the bees of California. Psyche 10:74-78.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. The bees of southern California. VIII. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 4 (2):28-33.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The bees of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:289-314.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1910. Descriptions and records of bees. - XXIV. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 5 (25):22-30.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1917. Descriptions and records of bees. - LXXV. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 19 (114):473-481.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1919. Descriptions and records of bees. - LXXXVII. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 9: v. 4 (23):355-360.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1921. Western bees obtained by the American Museum expeditions. American Museum Novitates 24:1-15.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1934. Records of Western bees. American Museum Novitates 697:1-15.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. & G. Sandhouse 1924. Parasitic bees (Epeolinae and Melectinae) in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 13 (19):305-324.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1878. Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 7:61-136.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1879. Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Family Apidae (Continued from page 136.). Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:201-214.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Esperanza de Pedro, D. 2021. . :.
  • Fox, W. 1893. Synopsis of the North American species of Melecta. Entomological News 4:143-144.
  • Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1953. Notes on the Melectine Bees of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 26 (1):35-37.
  • Hurd, P.D. Jr. & E.G. Linsley 1951. The Melectine bees of California. Bulletin of the California insect survey 1 (5):119-140.
  • Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.
  • Linsley, E. G. 1939. A revision of the Nearctic Melectinae (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 32:429-468.
  • Linsley, E. G. 1943. The genus Melecta in eastern North America and Porto Rico (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 51 (3):225-227.
  • Michener, C.D. 1948. Notes on the American bees of the genus Melecta (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 50 (1):15-18.
  • Mitchell, T.B. 1962. Bees of the Eastern United States. Volume II. Technical bulletin (North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station) 152:1-557.
  • Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77.
  • Onuferko, T.M., L. Packer & J.A. Genaro 2021. Brachymelecta Linsley, 1939, previously the rarest North American bee genus, was described from an aberrant specimen and is the senior synonym for Xeromelecta Linsley, 1939. European Journal of Taxonomy 754:1-51.
  • Rozen, J.G. 2000. Pupal descriptions of some cleptoparasitic bees (Apidae), with a preliminary generic key to pupae of cleptoparasitic bees (Apoidea). American Museum Novitates 3289:1-19.
  • Yáñez-Ordóñez, O. & I. Hinojosa-Díaz 2004. La colección himenopterológica (Insecta) del Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20 (1):167-197.