''Mellinus'' is a genus of wasps in the family

Mellinidae Mellinidae is a small family of wasps, comprising 17 described species in two genera. These wasps are found in the Nearctic, Neotropical, Indomalayan and Palaearctic realms. This group has traditionally been treated as a subfamily within Crabroni ...

. The species are found in the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

Nearctic The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...

, the

Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeog ...

and the

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Species (Europe)

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Mellinus arvensis Mellinus arvensis, the field digger wasp, is a species of solitary wasp. The wasp can commonly be found from July to late September or October in sandy places. In hard soil however the female will often try to steal a nest from another member of ...

'' (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} * ''

'' (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

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* Mellinidae Apoidea genera Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius Taxa described in 1790 {{Apoidea-stub