Melittia Hübner, Hubner

Liang, Jia-Yuan & Hsu, Yu-Feng, 2017, Two new species of clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from Taiwan, Zootaxa 4299 (3), pp. 415-422 : 419

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.3.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:90C4BFF7-75A4-4D5A-BD82-0E74F25D13B9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6016429

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A86A19-FD24-B53F-E2D9-9AF79A3B91D9

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Melittia Hübner
status

 

Melittia Hübner View in CoL

Melittia Hübner [1819] View in CoL : 128. Type species: Melittia anthedoniformis Hübner [1819] View in CoL , by monotypy.

Eumallopoda Wallengren 1859: 84 View in CoL . Type species: Eumallopoda laniremis Wallengren 1859 View in CoL , original designation.

Parasa Wallengren 1863: 137 View in CoL . Type species: Parasa aureosquamata Wallengren 1863 , by monotypy; preoccupied by Moore [1860] ( Limacodidae View in CoL ).

Pansa Wallengren 1865: 9 View in CoL . Type species: Parasa aureosquamata Wallengren 1863 , by monotypy; replacement name for Parasa Wallengren 1863 View in CoL .

Premelittia Le Cerf 1916: 9 View in CoL . Type species: Premelittia rufescens Le Cerf 1916 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Neosphecia Le Cerf 1916: 9 View in CoL . Type species: Neosphecia combusta Le Cerf 1916 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Melittina Le Cerf 1917: 239 View in CoL . Type species: Melittina nigra Le Cerf 1917 View in CoL , original designation.

Poderis Boisduval [1875] View in CoL : 468. Type species: Melittia anthedoniformis Hübner 1819 View in CoL (= Sesia chalciformis Fabricius 1793 View in CoL ); unavailable by publication in synonymy.

Species of Melittia View in CoL are characterized by the following characters: Veins R4 and R5 stalked of forewing; Cu1 arising well before crossvein of hindwing; hind tibia and tarsus strongly tufted. Male genitalia: valve usually ovoid, elongate, dorsoapical and ventroapicaI part densely covered with simple hairs; tegumen and uncus broad, uncus bilobed apically; saccus and aedeagus relatively long. Female genitalia: antrum short with annular sclerotization; ductus bursae long; corpus bursae with complicated signum.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Sesiidae

Loc

Melittia Hübner

Liang, Jia-Yuan & Hsu, Yu-Feng 2017
2017
Loc

Melittina Le Cerf 1917 : 239

Le 1917: 239
1917
Loc

Premelittia Le Cerf 1916 : 9

Le 1916: 9
1916
Loc

Neosphecia

Le 1916: 9
1916
Loc

Poderis

Boisduval 1875: 468
1875
Loc

Pansa

Wallengren 1865: 9
1865
Loc

Parasa

Wallengren 1863: 137
1863
Loc

Eumallopoda

Wallengren 1859: 84
1859
Loc

Melittia Hübner [1819]

Hubner 1819: 128
1819
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