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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).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Melectini Zeuner and Manning p. 195
2001Melectini Engel
2005Melectini Engel p. 33
2021Melectini Engel p. 51

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

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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G. †Protomelecta Cockerell 1908
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Protomelecta brevipennis Cockerell 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available