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Genus Melitta

Melitta eickworti - male Melitta (Cilissa) - Melitta - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Melittidae (Melittid Bees)
Subfamily Melittinae
Tribe Melittini
Genus Melitta
Explanation of Names
Melitta Kirby 1802
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, ~50 total(1)
Identification
The 3 submarginal cells on the wing separate Melitta from Hesperapis and Macropis(2)
Range
Holarctic & Afrotropical, by far the most diverse in the Palaearctic; in our area, 3 eastern spp. and one in sw US (CA-NM)(1)