Fig. 8 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. 8. Brachymelecta californica (Cresson, 1878), habitus, dorsal view. A. Male specimen (ANSP) from Nevada (bearing the same 'Nev' collection label as the Melecta? mucida holotype) in which both fore wings have two submarginal cells. B. M. californica paralectotype, ♂ (ANSP 2292-7) in which the left fore wing has three submarginal cells and the right has two, with the second submarginal cross vein incomplete. C. M. californica paralectotype, ♂ (ANSP 2292-4) in which the left fore wing has two submarginal cells and the right has three (note that in both fore wings, the second submarginal cross vein (incomplete on the left, complete on the right) originates from the first submarginal cross vein, not Rs as is typical for most bees, including this species). D. Female specimen (BOLD sample ID: CCDB-34570 A03; PCYU) in which the discs of the metasomal terga are (unusually for B. californica) covered in short, pale hairs, sparser than those comprising the apical fasciae.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 24, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.754.1393, http://zenodo.org/record/496595