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Melittidae is a
small bee family, with over 200
described species in
three subfamilies. The
family has a
limited distribution, with all
described species...
- had
already diverged from one
another by the end of the Cretaceous. The
Melittidae, Apidae, and
Megachilidae had
already evolved on the
supercontinent prior...
- have
hidden sterna.
Initial molecular work
suggested that the
family Melittidae was paraphyletic, and that its
subfamilies (including Meganomiinae) should...
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Monographic revision of the bee
genus Melitta Kirby 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea:
Melittidae). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr., 43, 379-440.
Archived 2013-05-09 at the Wayback...
- this
behavior is
otherwise known only from a few
lineages in the
family Melittidae. Dehon, M.; Michez, D.; Nel, A.; Engel, M. S.; De Meulemeester, T. (2014)...
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overall bee diversity.
There are no
cuckoo bees in the
families Andrenidae,
Melittidae, or Stenotritidae, and
possibly the
Colletidae (there are only unconfirmed...
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interpretation of the bee
fossil Melitta willardi ****erell (Hymenoptera,
Melittidae)
based on
geometric morphometrics of the wing".
ZooKeys (389): 35–48....
- Climate-driven
range shifts of a rare
specialist bee,
Macropis nuda (
Melittidae), and its host plant,
Lysimachia ciliata (Primulaceae).
Global Ecology...
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Family Heterogynaidae Family Megachilidae (leaf-cutting bees)
Family Melittidae Family Stenotritidae Family Sphecidae (digger wasps)
Superfamily Chrysidoidea...
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orchid bees,
stingless bees)
Colletidae (plasterer bees)
Halictidae (sweat bees)
Megachilidae (mason bees,
leafcutter bees)
Melittidae Stenotritidae...
