Melittia Hübner, [1819]
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.4.4 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:85AD8BD2-EAA0-4F01-88B6-1DAFBFF0CAAF |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14925238 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5872573A-FFC7-FFEA-FF3D-ED93BD2352D5 |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Melittia Hübner, [1819] |
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Melittia Hübner, [1819] View in CoL
This large genus comprises more than 120 species distributed in the tropics and subtropics of the world. To date, 31 species are listed for the Afrotropical Region including the southern parts of the Arabian Peninsula (de Prins & de Prins 2024, Pühringer & Kallies, 2024). African species of Melittia are the subject of only a few recent articles (Bartsch 2016, Gorbunov 2015, 2017, Gorbunov and Arita 1997).
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