Afromelittia

Afromelittia Gorbunov & Arita, 1997

Afromelittia Gorbunov & Arita, 1997; Japanese J. Syst. Ent. 3 (2): 312; TS: Melittia natalensis var. occidentalis Le Cerf

Afromelittia; [AfroMoths]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Afromelittia (Melittiini); Pühringer & Kallies, 2004, Mitt. ent. Arb.gem. Salzkammergut 4: 18

Afromelittia aenescens (Butler, 1896)

Malawi. See [maps]

Melittia aenescens Butler, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896: 134, pl. 6, f. 10; TL: Nyasaland, Karonga, W coast of Lake Nyasa

Afromelittia aenescens; Pühringer & Kallies, 2004, Mitt. ent. Arb.gem. Salzkammergut 4: 18; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Melittia aenescens; Hampson, 1919, Novit. zool. 26 (1): 84

Afromelittia caerulea Bartsch, 2016

S.Africa. See [maps]

Afromelittia caerulea Bartsch, 2016; Ann. Ditsong Nat. Mus. Nat. Hist. 6: 113; TL: S.Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

Afromelittia caerulea; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Afromelittia haematopis (Fawcett, 1916)

Botswana, Kenya, Arabia. See [maps]

Melittia haematopis Fawcett, 1916; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1916 (4): 736, pl. 1, f. 1; TL: Br. E. Afr., Kedai, 2500ft

Afromelittia haematopis; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Melittia haematopis; Hampson, 1919, Novit. zool. 26 (1): 84; Pühringer & Kallies, 2004, Mitt. ent. Arb.gem. Salzkammergut 4: 16; [LepIndex]

Afromelittia iridisquama (Mabille, 1890)

Ivory Coast. See [maps]

Melittia iridisquama Mabille, 1890; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10 (1): 34; TL: W.Africa, Assinie

Afromelittia iridisquama; Pühringer & Kallies, 2004, Mitt. ent. Arb.gem. Salzkammergut 4: 18; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Afromelittia natalensis (Butler, 1874)

S.Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Kenya. See [maps]

Melittia natalensis Butler, 1874; Ann. Mat. Nat. Hist. (4) 14 (84): 411; TL: Port Natal

Afromelittia natalensis; Pühringer & Kallies, 2004, Mitt. ent. Arb.gem. Salzkammergut 4: 18; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Melittia natalensis; Hampson, 1919, Novit. zool. 26 (1): 94; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist]

Afromelittia occidentalis (Le Cerf, 1917)

C.A.R., Zaire, Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, S.Africa. See [maps]

Melittia natalensis var. occidentalis Le Cerf, 1917; in Oberthür, Etud. Lépid. Comp. 14: 167, pl. 475, f. 3917; TL: Haut-Oubangui, Congo français

Afromelittia occidentalis; Pühringer & Kallies, 2004, Mitt. ent. Arb.gem. Salzkammergut 4: 18; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

References:

[AfroMoths] De Prins, J., & De Prins, W.
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera); (Version 2024-03-15). Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo; https://doi.org/10.15468/s1kwuw
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[SESIIDAE]
Updated list from Pühringer & Kallies, 2004; Checklist of the Sesiidae of the world (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia)
[ZOBODAT] Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum
OÖ. Landesmuseum; ZOBODAT - Literatur
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Bartsch, 2016
Melittia fiebigi spec. nov. and Afromelittia caerulea spec. nov., two new Melittiini from southern Africa (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) Ann. Ditsong Nat. Mus. Nat. Hist. 6 : 109-115
Butler, 1874
Notes on the Aegeriidae, with Descriptions of new Genera and Species Ann. Mat. Nat. Hist. (4) 14 (84) : 407-411
Butler, 1896
On a collection of Butterflies obtained by Mr. Richard Crawshay in Nyasa-land, between the months of January and April 1895b Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 : 108-136, pl. 6
Le Cerf, 1917
Contribution à l'Etude des Aegeriidae in Oberthür, Etud. Lépid. Comp. 14 : 137-388, pl. 475-481
Fawcett, 1916
Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911-13 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1916 (4) : 707-737, pl. 1
Gorbunov & Arita, 1997
A revision of Ferdinand Le Cerf's clearwing moth types (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae), kept at the Paris Museum. II. Melittiini in the Afrotropical Region Japanese J. Syst. Ent. 3 (2) : 289-323
Hampson, 1919
A classification of the Aegeriadae of the Oriental and Ethiopian regions Novit. zool. 26 (1) : 46-119
Mabille, 1890
Voyage de M. Ch. Allaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et aout 1886. Lépidoptéres avec des notes sur quelques autres espéces d'Afrique Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10 (1) : 17-51, pl. 2-3
Pühringer & Kallies, 2004
Provisional checklist of the Sesiidae of the world (Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) Mitt. ent. Arb.gem. Salzkammergut 4 : 1-85

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