Taxonomy Profile: Brachymelecta (Linsley 1939)

Brachymelecta: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Brachymelecta: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Neoptera
modern, wing-folding insects |
Superorder : Holometabola
Order : Hymenoptera
abelha |
formiga |
vespa |
ants |
bees |
wasps |
Suborder : Apocrita
narrow-waisted hymenopterans |
ants |
bees |
true wasps |
abeilles |
fourmis |
guêpes véritables |
Infraorder : Aculeata
Superfamily : Apoidea
bees |
sphecoid wasps |
apoid wasps |
Family : Apidae
euglossine |
euglossines |
honey bees |
stingless bees |
Subfamily : Apinae
Tribe : Melectini
Brachymelecta Direct Children(s):
Brachymelecta mucida
(Cresson 1879)
Brachymelecta: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
John S. Ascher, PhD
Notes:
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore
Reference for:
Brachymelecta
Source(s):
Source:
Hymenoptera Name Server version 1.5 19.xii.2007
Acquired:
2018-05-28
Notes:
https://hns.osu.edu/
Reference for:
Brachymelecta
Source:
Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist - Draft-54
Acquired:
2020-02-01
Notes:
Ascher, J. S. and J. Pickering. 01 February, 2020. Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Apoidea_species
Reference for:
Brachymelecta
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Michener, Charles D.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Bees of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 913
Publisher:
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-6133-0/
Notes:
Reference for:
Brachymelecta
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Michener, Charles D.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2007-01-01 / 2007-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Bees of the World, Second Edition
Page(s):
xvi + 953
Publisher:
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8573-6/
Notes:
Reference for:
Brachymelecta
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Engel, Michael S., and Charles D. Michener
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2012-11-19 / 2012-11-19
Article/Chapter Title:
The melectine bee genera Brachymelecta and Sinomelecta (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
ZooKeys, issue 244
Page(s):
1-19
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1313-2989
Notes:
Reference for:
Brachymelecta
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Linsley, E. G.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1939-06-01 / 1939-06-01
Article/Chapter Title:
A Revision of the Nearctic Melectinae (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, vol. 32, no. 2
Page(s):
429-468
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0013-8746
Notes:
Reference for:
Brachymelecta
Brachymelecta: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Brachymelecta: Comments
Comment:
Brachymelecta Linsley 1939 is monotypic, and 'known only from a single male specimen collected before 1878 in "Nevada"' (Michener 2007). Ascher (in litt., May 2008) considers the type species a nomen dubium, and as incertae sedis under Melectini