Melitoma Lepeletier & Serville

Alvarez, Leopoldo Jesús, Ramello, Pablo José, Avalos, Adan Alberto, Almada, Valentín, Aguirre, Marina Soledad, Torretta, Juan Pablo & Lucia, Mariano, 2024, Contributions to the wild bee fauna in Argentina (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 64, pp. 1-13 : 2

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11606/1807-0205/2024.64.006

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D3777C51-FFC7-5841-FCC5-F93CFC3CF79E

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Melitoma Lepeletier & Serville
status

 

Genus Melitoma Lepeletier & Serville View in CoL

Melitoma View in CoL comprises 11 species that are distributed from the United States to Argentina, with higher diversity in South America ( Moure, 2007; Schaller & Roig-Alsina, 2019). Two species groups ( ameghinoi View in CoL and segmentaria View in CoL ) can be recognized within the genus ( Roig-Alsina, 1999). Species of Melitoma View in CoL are oligolectic on species of the genus Ipomoea View in CoL ( Convolvulaceae View in CoL ), and possibly some species of Malvaceae View in CoL ( Oliveira & Engel, 2015; Schaller & Roig-Alsina, 2019).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

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