Validation of some species- and genus-group names in Melitta (Hymenoptera: Melittidae)

Authors

  • Denis Michez University of Mons
  • Michael Kuhlmann The Natural History Museum, London
  • Simon Dellicour Université Libre de Bruxelles

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/jom.v0i44.4811

Keywords:

Apoidea, Anthophila, Melittidae, Melittinae, Melitta

Abstract

Four recently proposed names in the genus Melitta Kirby (Melittidae: Melittinae) were left as nomenclaturally unavailable owing to minor conflicts with the recently established criteria for electronic publication.  These oversights are here corrected, thereby validating the following new names: Melitta (Afromelitta) Michez & Kuhlmann, new subgenus; Melitta (Afromelitta) richtersveldensis Michez & Kuhlmann, new species; Melitta (Plesiomelitta) Michez & Kuhlmann, new subgenus; and M. (Plesiomelitta) avontuurensis Michez & Kuhlmann, new species.

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References

Dellicour, S., T. Lecocq, M. Kuhlmann, P. Mardulyn, & D. Michez. 2014. Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, and host plant shifts in the bee genus Melitta (Hymenoptera: Anthophila). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 70: 412–419.

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Michez, D., M. Kuhlmann, S.P. Ivanov, & V.G. Radchenko. 2012. Description of four new species in the bee genus Melitta Kirby, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae). Zootaxa 3337: 57–67.

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Published

17-12-2014

How to Cite

Michez, D., Kuhlmann, M., & Dellicour, S. (2014). Validation of some species- and genus-group names in Melitta (Hymenoptera: Melittidae). Journal of Melittology, 44, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.17161/jom.v0i44.4811