Callomelitta Smith

Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2008, Revised species checklist of the Paracolletinae (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) of the Australian Region, with the description of new taxa, Zootaxa 1891, pp. 1-24 : 4

Genus Callomelitta Smith

Callomelitta Smith 1853: 85 . Type species: Callomelitta picta Smith 1853 , monobasic.

Binghamiella Cockerell 1907c: 235 . Type species: Sphecodes antipodes Smith 1853 , monobasic.

Binghamiella (Pachyodonta) Rayment 1954: 48 . Type species: Binghamiella fulvicornis Rayment 1954 , monobasic.

Geographic distribution: Tasmania, Australia north to northern Queensland.

Included species (11): Callomelitta antipodes ( Smith 1853) [ Sphecodes ] (= Sphecodes antipus Sichel 1865 ); Callomelitta chlorura Cockerell 1929a [originally described as Callomelitta picta chlorura ]; Callomelitta fulvicornis ( Rayment 1954) [ Binghamiella (Pachydonta) ]; Callomelitta insularis ( Cockerell 1914a) [ Binghamiella ]; Callomelitta littleri Cockerell 1914b (= Callomelitta nigriventris Friese 1924 , Callomelitta nigrofasciata Cockerell 1918 a); Callomelitta nigra ( Rayment 1929a) [ Binghamiella ; originally described as Binghamiella antipodes nigra ]; Callomelitta perpicta Cockerell 1910a [originally described as Callomelitta picta perpicta ] (= Callomelitta cyanescens Friese 1924 ); Callomelitta picta Smith 1853 ; Callomelitta rugosa Cockerell 1915a ; Callomelitta turnerorum Cockerell 1910b ; Callomelitta wilsoni Cockerell 1929b [originally described as Callomelitta picta wilsonii ].