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Melecta edwardsii Cresson, 1878

Melecta Edwardsii Cresson, 1878:92, ♂. Holotype ♂, California (leg. H. Edwards). - Dalla Torre, 1896Dalla Torre, C.G. 1896. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, X. Apidae (Anthophila). Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, 1-643. (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); 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).
Bombomelecta azygos Viereck, 1903:179, 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.:35, Holotype ♂ (ANSP, 10128). - 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.:2171 ( listed as synonym of Melecta edwardsii 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.:34 ( listed as synonym of Brachymelecta larreae (Cockerell, 1900)).

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Area distribution map

map of Melecta edwardsii Cresson, 1878

Distribution

MEXMexico
 (Krombein et al., 1979; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022)
MEX-BaCMexico - Baja California
 (Hurd, 1953)
USA-CAUnited States - California
 (Cresson, 1878; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Dalla Torre, 1896)
USA-NVUnited States - Nevada
 (Krombein et al., 1979; Onuferko et al., 2021 [as Bombomelecta azygos Viereck, 1903])

Literature

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.