Mellininae

Mellininae
Mellininae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subfamily: Mellininae
Genera
  • Mellinus
  • Xenosphex

Mellininae is a very small subfamily of wasps, comprising only 17 described species in two genera. Occasionally this group has been treated as a separate family (Mellinidae), but has been more typically considered a subfamily within the all-inclusive family Sphecidae.

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