Mellininae
Sign in to saveMellinidae is a small family of wasps, comprising 17 described species in two genera. These wasps are found in the Nearctic, Neotropical, Indomalayan and Palaearctic realms. This group has traditionally been treated as a subfamily within Crabronidae (Mellininae), but recent phylogenomic studies have shown it to be a distinct family.
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Vinony files it under Apocrita families, Apoidea and Taxa described in 1802.
Its subject is documented across 3 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Crabronidae
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- Mellinidae
- taxon name
- Mellininae
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- subfamily
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Mellinidae is a small family of wasps, comprising 17 described species in two genera. These wasps are found in the Nearctic, Neotropical, Indomalayan and Palaearctic realms. This group has traditionally been treated as a subfamily within Crabronidae (Mellininae), but recent phylogenomic studies have shown it to be a distinct family.
==References==
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