Mellinidae

Mellinidae
Mellinus arvensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Mellinidae
Latreille, 1802
Genera[1]

Mellinidae is a small family of wasps, comprising 17 described species in two genera. This group has traditionally been treated as a subfamily within Crabronidae (Mellininae), but recent phylogenomic studies have shown it to be a distinct family.[2]

References

  1. ^ van Noort, S (2023). "Mellinidae". WaspWeb. Iziko Museums of South Africa. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  2. ^ Sann, Manuela; Niehuis, Oliver; Peters, Ralph S.; Mayer, Christoph; Kozlov, Alexey; Podsiadlowski, Lars; Bank, Sarah; Meusemann, Karen; Misof, Bernhard; Bleidorn, Christoph; Ohl, Michael (2018-05-18). "Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18 (1): 71. Bibcode:2018BMCEE..18...71S. doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1155-8. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 5960199. PMID 29776336.


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