Melecta haitensis Michener, 1948:16, ♂. Holotype ♂, Port au Prince, Haiti, 1925 (USNM, No. 58428, leg. G.N. Wolcott); 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.:26, Holotype ♂ (USNM, 534228). - As Brachymelecta haitensis: - 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 Xeromelecta haitensis: - 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); Michener, 1988Michener, C.D. 1988. The parasitic anthophorid genus Xeromelecta in Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Ann. Entomol. Soc. America 81 (3):377-379. (distribution); Genaro, 2007Genaro, J.A. 2007. Las abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) de la Hispaniola, Antillas. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40:247-254. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution).
Common names
Hispaniolan digger-cuckoo bee