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Brachymelecta interrupta (Cresson, 1872)

Melecta interrupta Cresson, 1872:275, ♂♀. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Dallas and Comal Counties; 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.:31, Lectotype ♀ (ANSP, 2291). - Cresson, 1879Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (distribution); Cockerell, 1899Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. The bees of Kansas. Entomological News 10:3-4. (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 interrupta: - 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 interrupta: - 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); 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 interrupta fallugiæ Cockerell, 1904:23, ♀. Holotype ♀, Continental Divide, La Tenaja, N. M., Aug. 2 (leg. C.H.T. Townsend); 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.:31, Holotype ♀ (CAS, 4672). - 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.:496 ( listed as synonym of Xeromelecta interrupta (Cresson, 1872)); 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 interrupta (Cresson, 1872)); 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.:30 ( listed as synonym of Brachymelecta interrupta (Cresson, 1872)).
Melecta interrupta rociadensis Cockerell, 1904:23, ♂. Holotype ♂, Rociada, N. M., Aug. 10 (leg. Cockerell); 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.:31, Holotype ♂ (USNM, 534231). - Cockerell, 1906Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The bees of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:289-314. (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.:2172 ( listed as synonym of Xeromelecta interrupta (Cresson, 1872)); 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.:30 ( listed as synonym of Brachymelecta interrupta (Cresson, 1872)).

Common names

  •  Interrupted digger-cuckoo bee

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Area distribution map

map of Brachymelecta interrupta (Cresson, 1872)

Distribution

MEXMexico
 (Krombein et al., 1979; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-ChiMexico - Chihuahua
 (Hurd, 1953)
MEX-DurMexico - Durango
 (Hurd, 1953)
MEX-ZacMexico - Zacatecas
 (Hurd, 1953)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Onuferko et al., 2021 [as Melecta interrupta fallugiae Cockerell, 1904]; Onuferko et al., 2021)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979; Onuferko et al., 2021)
USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
 (Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Cockerell, 1899; Onuferko et al., 2021)
USA-MNUnited States - Minnesota
 (Hurd, 1953; Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-MOUnited States - Missouri
 (Onuferko et al., 2021)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Cockerell, 1904 [as Melecta interrupta fallugiae Cockerell, 1904]; Cockerell, 1904 [as Melecta interrupta rociadensis Cockerell, 1904]; Cockerell, 1906 [as Melecta interrupta fallugiae Cockerell, 1904]; Cockerell, 1906 [as Melecta interrupta rociadensis Cockerell, 1904]; Onuferko et al., 2021; Onuferko et al., 2021 [as Melecta interrupta rociadensis Cockerell, 1904])
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1872; Cresson, 1879; Dalla Torre, 1896; Linsley, 1943; Krombein et al., 1979; Onuferko et al., 2021; Onuferko et al., 2021)
USA-WIUnited States - Wisconsin
 (Mitchell, 1962; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-WYUnited States - Wyoming
 (Krombein et al., 1979)

Literature

  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1899. The bees of Kansas. Entomological News 10:3-4.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1904. Descriptions and records of bees. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7 (14):21-30.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1906. The bees of New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32:289-314.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1879. Catalogue of North American Apidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7:215-232.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643.
  • Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1953. Notes on the Melectine Bees of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 26 (1):35-37.
  • 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. 1943. The genus Melecta in eastern North America and Porto Rico (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 51 (3):225-227.
  • 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.