Melecta

thumb|Melecta albifrons Melecta is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are at least 50 described species in Melecta.

==Species== These 55 species belong to the genus Melecta: Melecta aegyptiaca Radoszkowski, 1876 i c g Melecta albifrons (Forster, 1771) i c g Melecta alcestis Lieftinck, 1980 i c g Melecta alexanderi Griswold & Parker, 1999 i c g Melecta amanda Lieftinck, 1980 i c g Melecta angustilabris Lieftinck, 1980 i c g Melecta assimilis Radoszkowski, 1876 i c g Melecta atripes Morawitz, 1895 i c g Melecta atroalba (Lieftinck, 1972) i c g Melecta baeri Radoszkowski, 1865 i c g Melecta bohartorum Linsley, 1939 i c g Melecta brevipila Lieftinck, 1980 i c g Melecta canariensis Lieftinck, 1958 i c g Melecta candiae Strand, 1915 g Melecta candida Lieftinck, 1980 i c g Melecta caroli Lieftinck, 1958 i c g Melecta chalybeia (Lieftinck, 1972) i c g Melecta chinensis Cockerell, 1931 i c g Melecta corpulenta Morawitz, 1875 i c g Melecta curvispina Lieftinck, 1958 i c g Melecta diacantha Eversmann, 1852 i c g Melecta diligens Lieftinck, 1983 i c g Melecta duodecimmaculata (Rossi, 1790) i c g Melecta edwardsii Cresson, 1878 i c g b (Edward's melecta) Melecta emodi Baker, 1997 i c g Melecta excelsa Lieftinck, 1980 i c g Melecta festiva Lieftinck, 1980 i c g Melecta fulgida Lieftinck, 1980 i c g Melecta fumipennis Lieftinck, 1980 i c g Melecta funeraria Smith, 1854 i c g Melecta fuscipennis (Morawitz, 1875) i c g Melecta gracilipes Lieftinck, 1980 i c g Melecta grandis Lepeletier, 1841 i c g Melecta guichardi Lieftinck, 1980 i c g Melecta guilochei Dusmet y Alonso, 1915 i c g Melecta honesta Lieftinck, 1980 i c g Melecta italica Radoszkowski, 1876 i c g Melecta kuschakewiczi (Radoszkowski, 1890) i c g Melecta leucorhyncha Gribodo, 1893 i c g Melecta luctuosa (Scopoli, 1770) i c g Melecta mundula Lieftinck, 1983 i c g Melecta nivosa Morawitz, 1893 i c g Melecta obscura Friese, 1895 i c g Melecta octomaculata Radoszkowski, 1876 g Melecta pacifica Cresson, 1878 i c g b Melecta prophanta Lieftinck, 1980 i c g Melecta rutenica Radoszkowski, 1893 g Melecta separata Cresson, 1879 i c g b Melecta sibirica Radoszkowski, 1891 i c g Melecta sinaitica (Alfken, 1937) i c g Melecta solivaga Lieftinck, 1980 i c g Melecta thoracica Cresson, 1875 i c g Melecta transcaspica Morawitz, 1895 i c g Melecta tuberculata Lieftinck, 1980 i c g Melecta turkestanica Radoszkowski, 1893 i c g