Fig. 7 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. 7. Melecta? mucida holotype, ♂ (ANSP 2294) (herein synonymized under B. californica (Cresson, 1878)). A. Habitus, dorsal view (blue arrows indicate apical fasciae of metasomal terga). B. Metasoma, dorsal view (blue arrows indicate apical fasciae of metasomal terga) (pubescence appears to be matted from prior wetting). C. Habitus, lateral view. D. Head, frontal view.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 23, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.754.1393, http://zenodo.org/record/496595