Melecta

{{Short description|Genus of bees}}

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| image = Melecta pacifica, f, md, pg, back 2015-05-14-09.29.37 ZS PMax (17054356014).jpg

| image_caption = Melecta pacifica

| taxon = Melecta

| authority = Latreille, 1802

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File:Melecta albifrons 5.JPG

Melecta is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are at least 50 described species in Melecta.

Species

These 55 species belong to the genus Melecta:

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Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

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{{Cite web| title=Melecta Report

| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=154386

| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System

| access-date=2018-04-23

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{{Cite web| title=Browse Melecta

| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/777834f1aa96e85fe1e34000c0e80a83

| website=Catalogue of Life

| access-date=2018-04-23

}}

{{Cite web| title=Melecta

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1345295

| website=GBIF

| access-date=2018-04-23

}}

{{Cite web| title=Melecta Genus Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/86270

| website=BugGuide.net

| access-date=2018-04-23

}}

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite web

| access-date = 2019-07-02

| title = Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

| date = 2019

| last1 = Ascher | first1 = J.S.

| last2 = Pickering | first2 = J.

| url = http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Apoidea

}}

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