Melecta californica Cresson, 1879

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Cresson, E. T. (1879). Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 7.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Arthropoda

class

Insecta

order

Hymenoptera

family

Apidae

genus

Xeromelecta

species

Xeromelecta californica

Name

Homonyms

Melecta californica Cresson, 1879

Common names

California Digger-cuckoo Bee in language.

Bibliographic References

1. Cresson, E. T., 1878: Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 7. 61-136.
2. Hurd, P. D., Jr., and E. G. Linsley, 1951: The melectine bees of California (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, vol. 1, no. 5. 119-140.