Monographic revision of the bee genus Melitta Kirby 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae)

Michez, Denis; Eardley, C.D.

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Monographic revision of the bee genus Melitta Kirby 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae)

Michez, Denis; Eardley, C.D.

2007 • In Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 43, p. 379-440

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[en] Les abeilles constituent un groupe monophylétique de 7 familles qui incluent plus de 16000 espèces décrites à travers le monde. De nouvelles hypothèses robustes ont suggéré que la plus petite famille, celle des Melittidae, pourrait être le groupe frère de l'ensemble des autres abeilles. Parmi les 14 genres de Melittidae s./., le genre Melitta Kirby 1802 est le plus répandu et l'un des plus diversifié. La plupart des révisions concernant les Melitta sont limitées à des cadres géographiques restreints. Une lecture poussée de la littérature disponible et l'étude de 7817 spécimens de nombreuses collections (y compris le matériel typique), nous permet de proposer ici la première révision monographique du genre Melitta. Cette révision inclut une analyse cladistique, un catalogue exhaustif et une clé de détermination. Par ailleurs, nous précisons, pour chacune des 43 espèces connues (y compris 2 nouvelles), la diagnose, la carte de distribution globale, la phénologie et les plantes hôtes. Des lectotypes sont désignés pour M. albofasciata Friese 1900, M. caroli Cameron 1909, M. schultzei Friese 1909 et M. sibirica (Morawitz 1888). Enfin, nous décrivons pour la première fois M. rasmonti n. sp., M. guichardi n. sp., le mâle de M. bicollaris Warncke 1973 et la femelle de M. murciana Warncke 1973.

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Michez, Denis ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Zoologie

Eardley, C.D.

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Monographic revision of the bee genus Melitta Kirby 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae)

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01 January 2007

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Annales de la Société Entomologique de France

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0037-9271

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379-440

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