Family Mellinidae Latreille 1802 (apoid wasp)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Mellinidae
Alternative spelling: Melliniores
Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième 1-467
Parent taxon: Sphegoidea according to W. H. Ashmead 1899
See also Latreille 1802 and Pulawski 2014
Sister taxa: Allommationidae, Ammoplanidae, Ampulicidae, Angarosphecidae, Anthophila, Astatidae, Bembicidae, Burmasphecidae, Cirrosphecidae, Crabronidae, Dasypodaidae, Heterogynaidae, Pemphredonidae, Philanthidae, Psenidae, Sphecidae, Spheciellidae, Temnogynidae, Trigampulex
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mellinidae in the database