Mellinus
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Mellinus arvensis |
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| Mellinini | ||||||||||||
| Latreille , 1802 | ||||||||||||
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| Mellinus | ||||||||||||
| Fabricius , 1790 |
Mellinus is a genus of digger wasps (Spheciformes) from the Crabronidae family. It was previouslyassigned tothe subfamily Bembicinae , but has recently been placed in the subfamily Mellininae , where it is the only species of the tribe Mellinini. There are only three known species from the Palearctic , whereby Mellinus alpinus is probably only a darker mountain variant of Mellinus arvensis . All species of the genus are also common in Europe.
features
Characteristic for the group is the slender, stem-like elongated first abdomen segment and the yellow to whitish spots and bands on the shiny and otherwise black body.
Species (Europe)
- Mellinus arvensis ( Linnaeus , 1758)
- Mellinus crabroneus ( Thunberg , 1791)
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Manfred Blösch: The digger wasps of Germany: way of life, behavior, distribution . 1st edition. Goecke & Evers, 2000, ISBN 3-931374-26-2 , pp. 354 .
- ↑ Wojciech J. Pulawski: Family group names and classification , Version May 22, 2009, Online (PDF; 113 kB), last accessed July 5, 2010.
- ↑ Mellinus. Fauna Europaea, accessed July 23, 2010 .
literature
- Manfred Blösch: The digger wasps in Germany: way of life, behavior, distribution . 1st edition. Goecke & Evers, 2000, ISBN 3-931374-26-2 .