Melitoma is a genus of chimney bees in the family Apidae. There are about 13 described species in Melitoma. Found in the Nearctic and Neotropics.
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Melitoma is a genus of chimney bees in the family Apidae. There are about 13 described species in Melitoma. Found in the Nearctic and Neotropics.
==Species== These 11 species belong to the genus Melitoma: Melitoma ameghinoi (Holmberg, 1903) i c g Melitoma bifax Vachal, 1909 i c g Melitoma grisella (Cockerell & Porter, 1899) i c g Melitoma ipomoearum Ducke, 1913 i c g Melitoma marginella (Cresson, 1872) i c g b Melitoma nudicauda Cockerell, 1949 i c g Melitoma nudipes (Burmeister, 1876) i c g Melitoma osmioides (Ducke, 1908) i c g Melitoma segmentaria (Fabricius, 1804) i c g Melitoma strenua (Holmberg, 1903) i c g Melitoma taurea (Say, 1837) i c g b (mallow bee) Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
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