Fig. 5 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. 5. Brachymelecta californica (Cresson, 1878). A. Female (PCYU PYU-2276), habitus, lateral view. B. Female (BOLD sample ID: CCDB-34570 A07; PCYU), habitus, dorsal view. C. Male (BOLD sample ID: CCDB-34570 A11; PCYU), habitus, lateral view. D. Female (PCYU PYU-2391), axillae and mesoscutellum, dorsal view (blue arrow indicates one of two short, mammiform tubercles of mesoscutellum).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 15, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.754.1393, http://zenodo.org/record/496595