Melitturgini, Michener, 1944

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Melitturgini :

Meliturgula Friese Meliturgula Friese, 1903a: 33 . Type species: Meliturgula braunsi Friese 1903a , by monotypy; Rozen 1985: 481; Eardley

1991c: 115–136; Michener 1997b: 37; Michener 2000: 64, 261, 278, 279–280, 635. Meliturgula (Meliturgula) Friese : Patiny 1999a: 244, 248–249; Patiny 2004c: 901–904. Poecilomelitta Friese, 1913a: 585 and 1913b: 574 [described as new twice, Michener 2000: 279]. Type species:

Poecilomelitta flavida Friese, 1913b , by designation of Sandhouse, 1943; Rozen 1985: 481, 482; Baker 1972: 42. Meliturgula (Poecilomelitta) Friese : Patiny 1999a: 245, 253–254; Patiny 2000: 302–303; Patiny 2004c: 901–904. Meliturgula (Popovmeliturgula) Patiny, 1999a: 250 , 254. Type species: Meliturgula ornata Popov, 1951 , by original designation; Patiny 1999b: 67; Patiny 2004c: 901–904.

Meliturgula braunsi Friese

South Africa. On flowers of: Mesembryanthemum sp. , Ruschia uncinata .

Meliturgula braunsi Friese, 1903a: 34 , male lectotype [designated by Eardley, 1991] (TMSA) South Africa; Friese 1909b: 261; Cockerell 1932b: 448; Anonymous 1958: 31; Baker 1972: 41; Rozen 1967: 5, 15; Rozen 1968a: 1– 17; Baker 1972: 41; Warncke 1985: 229; McGinley 1989: 9; Eardley 1991c: 124–126, 132–13; Roig-Alsina 1993: 174; Gess 1996: 273; Michener 2000: 279; Gess and Gess 2003: 143, 292; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 32.

Meliturgula braunsiana [!] Friese: Friese 1925: 502.

Meliturgula (Meliturgula) braunsi Friese : Patiny 1999a: 248–249, 253; Patiny 2000: 303; Patiny and Gaspar 2000: 14, 24, 34; Patiny 2004a: 2, 7, 9, 12; Patiny 2004c: 901–902.

Meliturgula eardleyana Patiny

South Africa.

Melitturgula (Poecilomelitta) eardleyana Patiny, 2000: 302–303 , female holotype (SANC) South Africa; Patiny and Gaspar 2000: 25; Patiny 2004a: 2, 4–5, 8–10, 12; Patiny 2004c: 902.

Meliturgula flavida (Friese)

Namibia, South Africa. On flowers of: Limoneum sp., Sesuvium sesuvioides , Tephrosia burchellii , Gisekia africana , Limeum arqute-carinatum , Mollugo cerviana .

Poecilomelitta flavida Friese, 1913b: 574 , female lectotype [designated by Eardley, 1991] (ZMHB) Namibia; Friese 1913a: 586–587; Friese 1916a: 418, 435–436; Cockerell 1936j: 29–30; Cockerell 1936l: 478–480; Baker 1972: 41; Rozen 1985: 482; Warncke 1985: 229; Gess and Gess 2003: 143, 257, 261, 302, 305, 309, 372; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 49.

Meliturgula flavida (Friese) : Gess and Gess 1991a: 84; Eardley 1991c: 123–124, 130–133; Patiny and Gaspar 2000: 26; Gess and Gess 2004: 612; Gess and Gess 2006: 17.

Meliturgula (Poecilomelitta) flavida (Friese) : Patiny 1999a: 250; Patiny 2000: 303; Patiny 2004a: 2, 8, 12; Patiny 2004c: 902.

Poecilomelitta obscurata Cockerell, 1936l: 478–479 , female holotype (BMNH) Namibia; Eardley 1991c: 130, syn.

Poecilomelitta robustula Cockerell, 1936l: 480 , male holotype (BMNH) Namibia; Eardley 1991c: 130, syn.

Meliturgula fuliginosa (Friese)

Namibia. On flowers of: Tribulus sp.

Poecilomelitta fuliginosa Friese, 1913b: 574 , female lectotype [designated by Eardley, 1991] (ZMHB) Namibia; Friese 1913a: 587; Friese 1916a: 418, 436; Cockerell 1936l: 480; Cockerell 1936o: 555; Cockerell 1939b: 177–178; Baker 1972: 42; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 52.

Meliturgula fuliginosa (Friese) : Eardley 1991c: 123–124, 131, 134–135; Gess and Gess 2003: 144, 315.

Meliturgula (Poecilomelitta) fulginosa (Friese) : Patiny 1999a: 250; Patiny 2000: 303; Patiny and Gaspar 2000: 15, 25; Patiny 2004a: 2, 8–9; Patiny 2004c: 902.

Poecilomelitta latifrons Cockerell, 1936l: 479–480 , male holotype (BMNH) Namibia; Cockerell 1939b: 178, syn.

Meliturgula haematospila Cockerell

South Africa, Namibia. On flowers of: Acacia sp. , Adenolobus pechuelii , Aptosimum decumbens , Aptosimum sp. , Boerhavia deserticola , Corbichonia rubriviolacea , Cucumis sp. , Gisekia africana , Heliotropium rariflorum , Hermannia modesta , Hermannia sp. , Indigofera rautanenii , Indigofera sp. , Limeum arqute- carinatum, Peliostomum leucorrhizum , Sesuvium sesuvioides , Trianthema crystallina , Tribulus sp. ,

Zygophyllum simplex , daisy.

Meliturgula haematospila Cockerell, 1935e: 559–560 , female holotype (BMNH) South Africa; Cockerell 1936o: 555; Eardley 1991c: 124, 128–130, 132–133; Eardley 2000: 366, 370; Gess and Gess 2003: 144, 260, 301–302, 310, 315, 323, 343, 362, 389, 391–392, 399 432, 433, 434, 486, 495; Gess and Gess 2004: 612; Danforth et al. 2006b: 363, 366, 367, 368; Gess and Gess 2006: 12, 35.

Meliturgula (Meliturgula) haematospila Cockerell : Patiny 2000: 303; Patiny and Gaspar 2000: 15, 24, 34; Patiny 2004a: 2, 7, 9; Patiny 2004c: 902.

Meliturgula haematospila ogilivei Cockerell, 1936o: 555 , female holotype (BMNH) South Africa: Eardley 1991c: 129, syn.

Meliturgula insularis Benoist

Madagascar.

Meliturgula insularis Benoist, 1962b: 219–220 , female holotype (MNHN) Madagascar; Pauly In: Pauly et al. 2001: 44– 46.

Meliturgula (Meliturgula) insularis Benoist : Patiny 2000: 303; Patiny and Gaspar 2000: 4, 16, 25, 33–34; Patiny 2004a: 2, 7; Patiny 2004c: 902.

Meliturgula rozeni Eardley

Namibia. On flowers of: Gisekia africana , Limeum arqute-carinatum , Limeum fenestratum , Sesuvium sesuvioides .

Meliturgula rozeni Eardley, 1991c: 124 , 126–129, 133, 135, male holotype (AMNH) Namibia; Eardley 2000: 366, 370; Gess and Gess 2003: 145, 302, 305.

Meliturgula (Poecilomelitta) rozeni (Friese) : Patiny 1999a: 250; Patiny 2000: 303; Patiny and Gaspar 2000: 18, 25; Patiny 2004a: 2, 8–9.

Meliturgula scriptifrons (Walker)

Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Palaearctic.

On flowers of: Gisekia africana , Heliotropium rariflorum , Heeria paniculosa , Indigofera auricoma ,

Indigofera rautanenii , Indigofera sp. , Mesembrythanthemum sp., Ocimum americanum , Ozoroa paniculosa var. salicina , Senna italica , Tribulus cristatus , Zygophyllum simplex .

Nomia scriptifrons Walker, 1871: 44 , female holotype Palaearctic.

Meliturgula scriptifrons (Walker) : Patiny 1999b: 63–67.

Meliturgula (Meliturgula) scriptifrons (Walker) : Patiny and Gaspar 2000: 16–17, 25; Patiny 2004a: 2, 8–10; Patiny 2004c: 901–906.

Meliturgula minima Friese 1912a: 188 , male holotype (ZMHB) Namibia; Friese 1916a: 419, 440; Cockerell 1932b: 448– 449; Cockerell 1934b: 445–446; Cockerell 1935e: 559; Cockerell 1935j: 236; Cockerell 1936j: 28–29; Cockerell 1936l: 478; Cockerell 1936o: 555; Arnold 1947: 210; Eardley 1991c: 124, 126–129; Patiny 1999b: 65, syn.; Eardley 2000: 366, 370; Patiny and Gaspar 2000: 33, 39–41; Gess and Gess 2003: 145, 302, 313, 323, 333, 360, 362, 399, 421, 432; Gess and Gess 2004: 611; Danforth et al. 2006b: 363, 366, 367, 368; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 71.

Meliturgula minima var. minima Cockerell : Cockerell 1935j: 236; Eardley 1991c: 126; Patiny 1999b: 65, syn.

Meliturgula minima race minima Cockerell, 1936o: 555 .

Meliturgula minima race pallidior Cockerell, 1935j: 236 , female lectotype [designated by Eardley, 1991] (BMNH) Zimbabwe; Eardley 1991c: 126, syn; Patiny 1999b: 65.

Meliturgula minima pallidior Cockerell, 1936o: 555 ; Cockerell 1936j: 29.

Meliturgula minima var. pallidior Cockerell : Cockerell 1936o: 555.

Meliturgula minima var. perpallida Cockerell, 1935j: 236 , female holotype (BMNH) Zimbabwe; Eardley 1991c: 126, syn.; Patiny 1999b: 65.

Meliturgula senegaliae Patiny

Senegal.

Meliturgula (Popovmeliturgula) senegaliae Patiny, 1999b: 63 , 67–70, female holotype (BMNH) Senegal; Patiny 2000: 303; Patiny and Gaspar 2000: 26, 33, 35; Patiny 2004c: 901, 902, 905.

Meliturgula wilmattae Cockerell

South Africa.

Meliturgula wilmattae Cockerell, 1932b: 448 , female lectotype [designated by Eardley, 1991] (BMNH) South Africa; Cockerell 1935j: 236; Cockerell 1936o: 555; Eardley 1999c: 124, syn. M. braunsi ; Patiny 1999a: 248–249, 253.

Meliturgula (Meliturgula) wilmattae Cockerell : Patiny 2000: 303; Patiny and Gaspar 2000: 18, 24, 31, 34; Patiny 2004a: 2, 7; Patiny 2004c: 902.