Mellinidae Explained

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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. 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 . en . 18 . 1 . 71 . 10.1186/s12862-018-1155-8 . 1471-2148 . 5960199 . 29776336 . free. 2018BMCEE..18...71S .

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