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HYMENOPTERA, Sphecidae (Mellininae) (Sphecoidea) -- <Images>
& <Juveniles> Description
Mellininae is a small subfamily about which not much is
known. There are only 17 described
species in two genera. Several
species make their burrows in sandy locations and provision them with adult
Diptera (Clausen 1940/1962). This group was placed in the Mellinidae in the Apoidea by
Finnamore & Michener (1993)
. There at least 10 species in
one genus . They are predators on
muscoid Diptera, usually around animal excrement. A key reference is Bohart & Menke (1976). References: Please refer to <biology.ref.htm>, [Additional references
may be found at: MELVYL
Library] |