Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Apoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Melittidae
Subfamiliae: Dasypodainae - Meganomiinae - Melittinae
[list of subfamiliae after Michez, Patiny & Danforth (2009)]
Overview of genera (15)
Afrodasypoda –
Ceratomonia –
Dasypoda –
Eremaphanta –
Haplomelitta –
Hesperapis –
Macropis –
Meganomia –
Melitta –
Promelitta –
Pseudophilanthus –
Rediviva –
Redivivoides –
Samba –
Uromonia
[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist]
Name
Melittidae Schenck, 1860: 136
- Type genus: Melitta Kirby, 1802.
References
- Schenck, A. 1860: Verzeichniss der nassauischen Hymenoptera aculeata. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 21: 132–157, 417–419.
- Michez, D.; Patiny, S.; Danforth, B.N. 2009: Phylogeny of the bee family Melittidae (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) based on combined molecular and morphological data. Systematic entomology, 34(3): 574–597. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00479.x