Melecta luctuosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Apidae
Subfamilia: Apinae
Tribus: Melectini
Genus: Melecta
Species: Melecta luctuosa
Subspecies: M. l. luctuosa – M. l. rutenica

Name

Melecta luctuosa (Scopoli, 1770)

Synonymy

Apis luctuosa Scopoli, 1770 (protonym)
Melecta punctata Latreille, 1802
Melecta lachesis Newman, 1835
Melecta atropos Newman, 1835
Melecta eczmiadzini Radoszkowski, 1894

References

Primary references

Newman, E. 1835. Art. XLVIII. — Entomological Notes. Entomological Magazine 5(2): 512–516. BHL Reference page.
Radoszkowski, O. 1894. Revue des armures copulatrices des máles des genres: Crocisa Jur., Melecta Lat., Pseudomelecta Rad., Chrysantheda Pert., Mesocheira Lep., Aglae Lep., Melissa Smit, Euglossa Lat., Eulema Lep., Acanthopus Klug. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 7: 163–191. BHL Reference page.
Scopoli, G.A. 1770. Annus IV. Historico naturalis. I. Dissertatio de apibus. II. Dubia botanica. III. Observationes oceanomice. IV. Fungi quidam rariores in Hungaria nunc detecti. C.G. Hilscheri, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. 152 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Lieftinck, M.A. 1980. Prodrome to a monograph of the palaearctic species of the genus Melecta Latreille 1802 (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 123(6): 129–349. BHL Reference page.
Litman, J.R. 2019. Under the radar: detection avoidance in brood parasitic bees. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 374(1769) DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0196 Reference page.

Links

Melecta luctuosa – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Melecta luctuosa on Open Tree of Life
Melecta luctuosa on Czech ISOP
Melecta luctuosa on Nederlands Soortenregister

Vernacular names

čeština: stepnice kukačka
dansk: pragtsørgebi
Deutsch: Weißfleckige Trauerbiene
English: Square-spotted mourning bee
français: Mélecte deuil
Nederlands: Witte rouwbij
polski: Brzęczka białoplamka
svenska: praktsorgbi

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