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Electrapis (Melikertes)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae

Taxonomy
Electrapis (Melikertes) was named by Engel (1998). It is extant. It is the type subgenus of Melikertini.

It was reranked as Melikertes by Engel (2001), Engel and Ortega-Blanco (2013) and Engel (2021).

It was assigned to Electrapis by Engel (1998); and to Melikertini by Engel (2001), Engel and Ortega-Blanco (2013) and Engel (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Electrapis (Melikertes) Engel
2001Melikertes Engel
2013Melikertes Engel and Ortega-Blanco p. 4
2021Melikertes Engel p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyApoidea
AnthophilaLatreille 1804
familyApidae()
subfamilyApinae()
Apiti
CorbiculataShuckard 1866
tribeElectrapiniEngel 1998
subtribeElectrapina
genusElectrapis
subgenusMelikertes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Electrapis (Melikertes) Engel 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available