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Subfamily MELLININAE
Taxonomy: Maidl and Klima, 1939. Hym. Cat., Pars 8, Sphecidae, v. 1, pp. 30-43 (world
catalog). —Evans, 1959. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 145-147, figs. 23-30 (larva).
Genus MELLINUS Fabricius
MelUnus Fabricius, 1790. Skrivt. Naturhist. Selsk., h. 1, p. 226.
Type-species: Vespa arvensis Linnaeus. Desig. by Curtis, 1836.
Milliynus Gimmerthal, 1836. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscow, Bui. 9: 449. Lapsus or emend.
Nothing is known of the biology of the North American species. The European arvensis (L.)
nests gregariously in the ground, makes multicelled nests with each cell on a branch off the main
burrow, preys primarily on muscoid Diptera and stores 4-9 flies per cell.
Revision: Fox, 1894. Ent. News 5: 201-203 (N. Amer. spp.).
Taxonomy: Siri and Bohart, 1974. Pan-Pacific Ent. 50: 169-176, 16 figs, (synopsis of world
spp.).
Mellinus abdominalis Cresson
Nebr., Colo., Wyo., Mont.
Mellhius abdominalis Cresson, 1882 (1881). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: Proc, p. xxxix. ♀, ♂.
Mellinus abdominalis var. personatus Fox, 1894. Ent. News 5: 202. ♀.
Mellinus bimaculatus Packard
Maine, N. H., Mass., N. Y., Pa., N. J., Ohio, Mich.; Mexico (Jalisco,
Oaxaca).
Mellinus bimaculatus Harris, 1835. In Hitchcock, Rpt. Geol. Mineral. Hot. Zool. Mass., p.
68. Norn. nud.
Mellinus bimaculatus Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 419. ♀.
Mellinus wolcotti Smith, 1908. Ent. News 19: 299. ♀.
Mellinus imperialis Bohart
Calif. (Imperial Co.); Mexico (Sonora).
Mellinus imperialis Bohart, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 235, fig. 14. ♂, ♀.
Mellinus rufinodus Cresson
Mont, Colo., S. Dak., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Utah; Mexico (Chihuahua,
Durango, Guerrero, Mexico, Aguascalientes).
Mellinus rufinodus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 475. ♀, ♂.
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