Description of four new species in the bee genus Melitta Kirby, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae)
Journal: Zootaxa
Year: 2012

Four new bee species of the genus Melitta Kirby, 1802 are here described: Melitta (Cilissa) singular Michez sp. nov. fromEast-Anatolia (Turkey), Melitta (Cilissa) budashkini Radchenko &amp; Ivanov sp. nov. from Crimea (Ukraine), Melitta (Ci-lissa) engeli Michez sp. nov. from Kyrgyzstan and Melitta (Cilissa) magnifica Michez sp. nov. from Mongolia. An updated checklist of Melitta species of the world is provided.