Table 1 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

Table 1. Matrix of morphological characters used in phylogenetic analysis in TNT. Numbers in column headers indicate character identifiers (see Supp. file 2 for the corresponding descriptions). Character states separated by a comma indicate polymorphisms. Unknown character states and states that were not scored for certain taxa because they are inapplicable are denoted by question marks.
1111111111222222220123456789012345678901234567Z. maculata00000,100?00000?00000000000000T. novaehollandiae1001021001110?10011000000011M. albifrons011121110011101110111111?011M. thoracica011121110001101110100111?001B. alayoi1010021001111010100011000010B. californica1100120000111110101111001110B. haitensis1010021011121020100111000010B. interrupta1101120000111110011111001110B. larreae0101210000010,1110011011000100B. tibialis1010021011121020100111000000