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Genus Meliturgula Friese
[Family Andrenidae, Subfamily Panurginae, Tribe Melitturgini]
Meliturgula Friese, 1903: ZSHD 3: p. 33; Type species: Meliturgula braunsi Friese, 1903, monobasic.
Poecilomelitta Friese, 1913: DEZ 1913: p. 574 & 1913: ZJ,ASGBT 35: P. 585; Type species: Poecilomelitta flavida Friese, 1913, by designation of Sandhouse, 1943: 589 [Poecilomelitta was described as new twice].
S. No.
Name of Species with Author & Year
Distribution OR
Collection Site
1. centaurea Warncke, 1985: BMCSNV 34: p.229-230 & 232-233 Bandar Abbas, Iran 2.
deserta Warncke, 1985: BMCSNV 34: p.229, 233-234 Choca Zambil, Abadan, Khuzestan (Iran) 3.
tapana Warncke, 1985: BMCSNV 34: p. 229, 230,231-232 Tapeh, Iran
Political territories have been mentioned as such (as mentioned by original authors): Burma [Present day Myanmar], Ceylon [Present day Sri Lanka], Bengal [Present day East Bengal in India and the present day Bangla Desh], Punjab [western part of the state is the present day Punjab in Pakistan].
Dr. Rajiv K. Gupta
Department of Zoology
Jai Narain Vyas University
Jodhpur 342 005, India
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E-mail: beesind@sancharnet.in
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