''Melikaiella'' is a genus of
wasp
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. Th ...
s belonging to the family
Cynipidae
Gall wasps, also incorrectly called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes from the galls they induce on plants for larval development. About 1,300 species of this genera ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Northern America.
Species:
*''
Melikaiella amphibolensis''
*''
Melikaiella bicolor''
*''
Melikaiella ostensackeni''
*''
Melikaiella reticulata''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q106784548
Cynipidae
Hymenoptera genera