Melecta rutenica Radoszkowski, 1893

Risch, Stephan, Roberts, Stuart P. M., Smit, Jan, Wood, Thomas J., Michez, Denis & Reverté, Sara, 2023, The new annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), Zootaxa 5327 (1), pp. 1-147 : 29

Melecta rutenica Radoszkowski, 1893

Distribution. The type locality given by Radoszkowski (1893) is Ciechocinek, Poland. However, as discussed by Lieftinck (1980), this is an error. The lectotype specimens is labelled as “Nickon: p. Stani” which is an unclear locality. However, the specimen is labelled by Radoszkowski and was considered to be a valid lectotype by Lieftinck (1980). In Europe, the species has only confidently been recorded from Ukraine (Kirill ravine, Kiev).

Species to be excluded from the European checklist