Brachymelecta Linsley

Engel, Michael S. & Michener, Charles D., 2012, The melectine bee genera Brachymelecta and Sinomelecta (Hymenoptera, Apidae), ZooKeys 244, pp. 1-19 : 3

Genus Brachymelecta Linsley

Brachymelecta Linsley, 1939: 458. Type species: Melecta mucida Cresson, 1879a, by original designation. Michener 1944: 287; Michener 2000: 748, 750; Michener 2007: 771, 773.

Diagnosis (male).

Antenna with F1 over 1.5 times as long as F2. Mesoscutellum with subhorizontal dorsal surface about twice as long as vertical surface; dorsal and posterior surfaces divided by longitudinal depression resulting in bilobed form, posterior dorsal part of each lobe forming narrowly rounded, obtuse angle projecting posteriorly. Arolia present. Forewing with two submarginal cells (i.e., 1rs-m absent). Metasomal T1 to T4 densely covered with pale brown, appressed, plumose setae; T1 with midlength of horizontal surface subequal to that of vertical (anterior) surface and considerably shorter than midlength of exposed part of T2.