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Melectini
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Apidae
Taxonomy
Melectides was named by Westwood (1839). It is extant.
It was reranked as the tribe Melectini by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Engel (2001), Engel (2005) and Engel (2021).
It was assigned to Anthophorinae by Zeuner and Manning (1976); to Apiti by Engel (2005); and to Apinae by Engel (2001) and Engel (2021).
It was reranked as the tribe Melectini by Zeuner and Manning (1976), Engel (2001), Engel (2005) and Engel (2021).
It was assigned to Anthophorinae by Zeuner and Manning (1976); to Apiti by Engel (2005); and to Apinae by Engel (2001) and Engel (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1976 | Melectini Zeuner and Manning p. 195 |
2001 | Melectini Engel |
2005 | Melectini Engel p. 33 |
2021 | Melectini Engel p. 51 |
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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.
Tr. Melectini Westwood 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available