Melittid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Melittid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any bee of the family Melittidae.
Meaning
(zoology) Any bee of the family Melittidae.
Example Sentences
Regarding the transport sites, apids, melittids, ctenoplectrids, and megachilids all show little variation whereas the other bee families display wide variation.
The relatively good fossil representation of melittids and their long-tongued associates has been argued to be a reflection of a bias in favour of resin-collecting bees.
In further support of the antiquity of this clade is the widely disjunct distribution of some of its basal members among the dasypodaine melittids, as indicated in Sections 26 and 68 and Michener (1981a).
Word Forms
- melittids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include meliponid, melittologist, meliponine, melolonthid, melyrid, melandryid.
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