Melitta (Cilissa) haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)

Özbek, Hikmet & Online, Published, 2014, Distribution data on the family Melittidae (Hymenoptera) of Turkey with considerations about their importance as pollinators, Turkish Journal of Zoology 38 (2), pp. 444-459 : 453

3.3.6. Melitta (Cilissa) haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)

Synonyms: Andrena haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1775 ; Cilissa haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775) ; Apis dichroa Gmelin, 1790 ; M. chrysura Kirby, 1802 ; M. haemorrhoidalis nigra (Friese, 1885) ; M. haemorrhoidalis frisica Zimmermann, 1935 ; M. haemorrhoidalis flavidorsis Ruszkowski, 1988

Distribution: Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bohemia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Russia, France, Finland, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moravia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom ( Michez, 2012b). Although M. haemorrhoidalis is one of the most common and widespread Melittidae species in Europe, recently it was recorded in Rize (İkizdere, 40.78333_40.55) by Michez (2012b) ( Figure 2 ).

Plants associated: Michez and Eardley (2007) recorded M. haemorrhoidalis mainly on C ampanula latifolia, C. persicifolia , C. rapunculoides , C. rotundifolia , and C. trachelium ( Campanulaceae ); Malva moschata and M. sylvestris ( Malvaceae ).

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Figure 2. Distribution of the genera Macropis and Melitta in Turkey.