Does melee dmg boost the tek tier armor gloves?

[Biggi Bumbu Svín]

Also is there a tek tier melee weapon?

[Volrishan]

http://ark.gamepedia.com/Tek_Gauntlets

When wearing the Tek Gauntlets, the wearer can perform a super punch by holding Right-Click (PC) and releasing when you see a green crosshair on your target, which has a base damage of 10,434 and scales with the melee stat,