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Melitta (Melitta) maura

Description

Melitta (Melitta) maura (Pérez, 1896)

Cilissa Atlantis Vachal, 1910: 179 — ♀ (MNCN), Holotype, Essaouira (Morocco)

Melitta eryngii Cockerell, 1931: 344 —ϐ (AMNH), Ifrane (Morocco)

Global distribution: West-Palearctic

Regional distribution: Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima; Rabat-Salé-Kénitra; Casablanca-Settat; Marrakech-Safi; Drâa- Tafilalet; Souss-Massa

References: Vachal (1910); Alfken (1931); Cockerell (1931a); Maidl (1933); Warncke (1973); Michez & Eardley (2007); Michez et al. (2012b)

Notes

Published as part of Lhomme, Patrick, 2020, The wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Morocco, pp. 1-159 in Zootaxa 4892 (1) on page 118, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4892.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4309281

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MNCN
Family
Melittidae
Genus
Melitta
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Perez
Species
maura
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Melitta (Melitta) maura (Perez, 1896) sec. Lhomme, 2020

References

  • Vachal, J. (1910) Especes nouvelles d'Apidae d'Espagne et du Maroc. Boletin de la Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, 10, 176 - 180.
  • Warncke, K. (1973) Die westpala ¨ arktische Arten der Bienen Familie Melittidae (Hymenoptera). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 43, 97 - 126.