Melittidae

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Melittidae :

Melittinae:

Melitta Kirby Melitta Kirby, 1802: 117 . Type species: Melitta tricincta Kirby, 1802 , by designation of Richards, 1935. Melitta (Melitta) Kirby : Michener 2000: 415. Cilissa Leach, 1815: 155. Type species: Andrena haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1775 , by designation of Westwood, 1840:

84, Melitta tricincta Kirby subsequently designated by Taschenberg, 1883: 52; Michener 1997: 15; Michener

2000: 73, syn. Melitta (Cilissa) Leach : Eardley and Kuhlmann 2006: 293; Michez and Eardley 2007: 384–385, 396–422.

Melitta albida Cockerell Botswana, South Africa. Melitta albida Cockerell, 1935a: 76–77 , male holotype (TMSA, AMNH) Botswana; Cockerell 1934b: 449, 451–452;

Cockerell 1935a: 76; Michener 1981: 40; Eardley and Kuhlmann 2006: 293–294, 301–302; Michez and Eardley

2007: 382, 384, 396, 403, 414, 418, 424, 426, 429, 431, 433.

Melitta arrogans (Smith)

Namibia, South Africa. On flowers of: Asclepias buchenaviana , Augea capensis , Berkheya fruticosa , Cleome paxii , Conicosia elongata , Heliophila africana , Hermbstaedtia glauca , Lebeckia sp. , Ruschia elineata ,

Wahlenbergia sp. , Zygophyllum flexuosum , Zygophyllum meyeri , Zygophyllum cf. morgsana , Zygophyllum prismatocarpum , Zygophyllum stapffii . Parasite: Nomada gigantea .

Andrena arrogans Smith, 1879: 56 , female holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Friese 1911a: 651.

Andrena (Rediviva) arrogans Smith : Friese 1911b: 671.

Melitta arrogans (Smith) : Meade-Waldo 1916: 463; Cockerell 1935a: 76.

Melitta (Cilissa) arrogans (Smith) : Eardley and Kuhlmann 2006: 293–300, 303–304; Danforth et al. 2006a: 15119, 15121.

Melitta dimidiata var. capensis Friese, 1909a: 183 , four female syntypes (ZMHB) South Africa; Friese 1909b: 88–89, 91; Friese 1911a: 654; Friese 1913a: 588; Friese 1916a: 439; Friese 1921: 1094; Brauns 1930: 43–46; Cockerell 1932b: 449; Eardley and Kuhlmann 2006: 294, syn.; Michez and Eardley 2007: 380, 382, 384, 396–397, 424, 426–429, 431, 433–434; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 36.

Melitta capensis Friese : Brauns 1930: 43–46; Cockerell 1932b: 449; Cockerell 1935a: 76; Cockerell 1939b: 181; Rozen 1974: 6; Michener 1981: 40, 43, 46, 121; Struck 1992: 77; Struck 1994a: 15; Danforth et al. 2006b: 366; 367, 368.

Melitta longicornis Friese, 1913b: 575 , female and male syntypes (?ZMHB) South Africa; Friese 1913a: 585–589; Friese 1921: 1094; Brauns 1930: 44; Cockerell 1932a: 355; Cockerell 1932b: 449; Cockerell 1934b: 449, 451–452; Cockerell 1935a: 76; Cockerell 1944d: 407; Michener 1981: 40, syn. capensis ; Eardley and Kuhlmann 2006: 295, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 66.

Melitta turneri nomen nudum: Meade-Waldo 1916: 463.

Melitta turneri Cockerell, 1935a: 76 , female holotype (BMNH) Namibia; Cockerell 1937a: 143; Cockerell 1939b: 181, syn.; Eardley and Kuhlmann 2006: 294, syn.

Melitta barbarae Eardley

Namibia. On flowers of: Lebeckia multiflora .

Melitta barbarae Eardley, In : Eardley and Kuhlmann 2006: 293–294, 297, 299, female holotype (AMGS) Namibia. Melitta (Cilissa) barbarae Eardley : Michez and Eardley 2007: 380, 397, 424, 431, 433–434.

Melitta capicola nomen nudum

South Africa. On flowers of: Wahlenbergia prostrata , Wiborgia sp.

Melitta capicola nomen nudum: Gess 1996: 299, 301; Eardley and Kuhlmann 2006: 293.

Melitta danae Eardley

Lesotho, South Africa. On flowers of: Berkheya purpurea .

Melitta danae Eardley, In : Eardley and Kuhlmann 2006: 293–294, 300–302, male holotype (SANC) South Africa.

Melitta (Cilissa) danae Eardley : Michez and Eardley 2007: 380, 382, 384, 396, 401, 403, 414, 418, 424, 426, 429, 431, 433–434.

Melitta guichardi Michez

Ethiopia.

Melitta (Cilissa) guichardi Michez, In : Michez and Eardley 2007: 406, 409, male holotype (BMNH) Ethiopia.

Melitta katherinae Eardley

Kenya. On flowers of: Acacia gerrardii .

Melitta katherinae Eardley, In : Eardley and Kuhlmann 2006: 293–294, 302–304, male holotype (NMKE) Kenya. Melitta (Cilissa) katherinae Eardley : Michez and Eardley 2007: 380, 414, 426, 429, 431, 433.

Melitta schultzei Friese

South Africa. On flowers of: Watsonia sp.

Melitta schultzei Friese, 1909a: 183 , male holotype (ZMHB) South Africa; Friese 1909b: 87, 88, 101, 102; Friese 1911a: 654; Strand 1912b: 132; Friese 1913a: 587, 589; Friese 1913b: 575; Friese 1921: 1094; Friese 1925a: 506; Cockerell 1934b: 450–451; Cockerell 1935a: 76; Eardley and Kuhlmann 2006: 293–294, 304–305; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 97.

Melitta (Cilissa) schultzei Friese : Michez and Eardley 2007: 379–380, 417–418, 424, 426, 431, 433–434.

Melitta flavipes Friese, 1925a: 506 , male holotype (ZMHB) South Africa; Cockerell 1935a: 76; Eardley and Kuhlmann 2006: 305, syn.; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 50.

Melitta whiteheadi Eardley

South Africa. On flowers of: Watsonia sp.

Melitta whiteheadi Eardley, In : Eardley and Kuhlmann 2006: 293–294, 297, 299–300, female holotype (SAMC) South Africa;.

Melitta (Cilissa) whiteheadi Eardley : Michez and Eardley 2007: 380, 421–422, 424, 431, 433–434.