Fig. 2 in Brachymelecta Linsley, 1939, previously the rarest North American bee genus, was described from an aberrant specimen and is the senior synonym for Xeromelecta Linsley, 1939

Fig. 2. Metadistitarsus of male, lateral view. A. Brachymelecta californica (Cresson, 1878) (photo of Melecta? mucida holotype (ANSP 2294), herein synonymized under B. californica), in which the inner ramus (blue arrow) of each tarsal claw is broad, lobe-like, and thus does not resemble the outer ramus. B. B. californica (photo of M. californica lectotype (ANSP 2292)), in which the inner ramus (blue arrow) of each tarsal claw is broad, lobe-like, and thus does not resemble the outer ramus. C. Melecta thoracica Cresson, 1875 (BOLD sample ID: LRBBC1476; PCYU LRB09-3186), in which the inner ramus (blue arrow) of each tarsal claw is narrow, pointed, and thus resembles the outer ramus.Published as part of Onuferko, Thomas M., Packer, Laurence & Genaro, Julio A., 2021, Brachymelecta Linsley, 1939, previously the rarest North American bee genus, was described from an aberrant specimen and is the senior synonym for Xeromelecta Linsley, 1939, pp. 1-51 in European Journal of Taxonomy 754 on page 9, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.754.1393, http://zenodo.org/record/496595