Melikertes

ENGEL, MICHAEL S., 2001, A Monograph Of The Baltic Amber Bees And Evolution Of The Apoidea (Hymenoptera), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2001 (259), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Key to Species of MELIKERTES

1. Tegula without posterior lamella, oval or teardrop shaped; body size small (ca. 3–4.5 mm)............................ 2

– Tegula with short, posterior lamella; body size moderate (ca. 8 mm)............................. M. proavus (Menge)

2. Apical margin of clypeus unmodified, straight, and flat as on remainder of clypeus............... M. stilbonotus (Engel)

– Apical margin of clypeus strongly projecting outward from face with deep medial cleft, remainder of clypeus relatively flat...................... M. clypeatus , n. sp.