Mellinus

Mellinus
Mellinus arvensis with prey
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Mellinidae
Subfamily:	Mellininae
Genus:	Mellinus Fabricius , 1790
Type species
Mellinus arvensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Trachogorytes R. Bohart, 2000

Mellinus arvensis, the Netherlands

Mellinus is a genus of wasps in the family Mellinidae. The species are found in the Palearctic, Nearctic, the Neotropics and the Orient. 16 species are known

Species (Europe)

• Mellinus arvensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Mellinus crabroneus (Thunberg, 1791)

Species (worldwide)

These 16 species belong to the genus Mellinus:

• Mellinus abdominalis Cresson, 1882 ^{i c g}
• Mellinus alpestris Cameron, 1890 ^{i c g}
• Mellinus andinus Menke, 1996 ^{i c g}
• Mellinus arvensis (Linnaeus, 1758) ^{i c g}
• Mellinus bimaculatus Packard, 1867 ^{i c g b}
• Mellinus costaricae (R. Bohart, 2000) ^{i c g}
• Mellinus crabroneus (Thunberg, 1791) ^{i c g}
• Mellinus globulosus (Fourcroy, 1785) ^{i c g}
• Mellinus hansoni Menke, 1996 ^{i c g}
• Mellinus iani Menke, 1996 ^{i c g}
• Mellinus imperialis R. Bohart, 1968 ^{i c g b}
• Mellinus obscurus Handlirsch, 1888 ^{i c g}
• Mellinus orientalis S. Gupta, Gayubo and Pulawski, 2008 ^{i c g}
• Mellinus pygmaeus Handlirsch, 1888 ^{i c g}
• Mellinus rufinodus Cresson, 1865 ^{i c g b}
• Mellinus satanicus Siri and R. Bohart, 1974 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

External links

• Mellinus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Catalog of Sphecidae California Academy of Sciences Institute of Biodiversity
• Media related to Mellinus at Wikimedia Commons