APIDAE Apinae Melectini Xeromelecta
Xeromelecta haitensis (Michener, 1948)
Melecta (Nesomelecta) haitensis
Michener, C. D. (1948). Notes on the american bees of the genus Melecta (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 50 (1): 15-18 [16] .
Type data: holotype USNM <M>.
Type locality: Haiti, Port au Prince.
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Dominican Republic, Haiti
References
Hurd, P. D., Jr. (1953). Notes on the melectine bees of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 26 (1): 35-37 [36] (Citation)
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 [25] (Species revision, as Brachymelecta haitensis)
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023