Xeromelecta Linsley, 1939
Xeromelecta
Linsley, E. G. (1939). A revision of the nearctic Melectinae (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 32: 429-468 [450] (Proposed as Melecta (Xeromelecta)) .
Type species: Bombomelecta larreae Cockerell, 1900
by original designation.
Melecta (Nesomelecta)
Michener, C. D. (1948). Notes on the american bees of the genus Melecta (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 50 (1): 15-18 [15] .
Type species: Melecta haitensis Michener, 1948
by original designation.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (USA)
References
Blanchard, E. (1840). Orthoptères, Neuroptères, Hémiptères, Hymenoptères, Lépidoptères et Diptères pp. 1-673 in F. L. Laporte (ed.) Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. vol. 3. Paris: P. Duménil [410, 411] (Description, comparative note (as Crocisa))
Cockerell, T. D. A. (1922). Bees in the collection of the United States Museum.- 4. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 60 (18): 1-20 [2] (Table (as Crocisa))
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Latreille, P. A. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Fourmis et Recueil de Mémoirs et d'Observations sur les Abeilles, les Areignées, les Faucheurs et autres Insectes. Paris: Barrois Vol. 8 445 pp. [427]
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Michener, C. D. (1988). The parasitic anthophorid genus Xeromelecta in Cuba (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 81 (3): 377-379 [377] (Notes, distribution, as Xeromelecta (Nesomelecta))
Moure, J. S. (1953). Sistemática e Evolução pp. 125-156 in Lange, F. W., Beurlen, K., Freire-Maia, N. & Moure, J. S. (ed.) Evolução dos Seres Vivos. Curitiba: Centro de Estudos de História Natural 156 pp. [140] (Note)
Onuferko, T.M., Packer, L. & Genaro, J.A. (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. Euro. J. Taxon. 754: 1-51 [8] (Taxonomy, synonymy, partim as Brachymelecta)
Rozen, J. G., Jr. (1969). The larvae of the Anthophoridae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Part 3. The Melectini, Ericrocidini, and Rhathymini. Am. Mus. Novit. 2382: 1-24 [3, 4, 5, 7, 8-10] (Larva)
Spinola, M. (1851). Himenopteros pp. 153-569 in Gay, C. (ed.) Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile. Zoologia Vol. 6. Paris: Casa del autor 572 pp. [185] (Synonymy, redescription, biology)
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