Belongs within: Vespidae.
The Masarinae, pollen wasps, are a group of wasps found primarily on the southern continents that provision their nests with pollen and nectar. They can be distinguished from other vespids by the lack of a trochantellus on the mid femur. Within the masarines, members of the tribe Gayellini have a pointed tegula and lack a pretegular carina (Carpenter 1996).
<==Masarinae [Masarides] |--Gayellini [Gayellinae]C96 `--MasariniC96 |--Ceramius Latreille 1810C96, S86 | |--C. beyeriC96 | |--C. cafferOK99 | |--C. capicolaR13 | |--C. hispanicusRL09 | |--C. karooensisR13 | |--C. lichtensteinii [=Eumenes (Ceramius) lichtensteinii]G20 | | |--C. l. lichtensteiniiGS61 | | `--C. l. macrocephalus Saussure 1855GS61 | `--C. metanotalisOK99 `--+--MasarisL02 [MasarinaC96] | |--M. aegyptiacusPK17 | |--M. carliC96 | `--M. vespiformisL02 `--Paragiina [Paragiini]C96 |--Ceramiopsis Zavattari 1910S86 |--Metaparagia Meade-Waldo 1911 (see below for synonymy)C96 | |--+--M. maculata (Meade-Waldo 1910)C96, C85 [=Paragia maculataC85, *Rolandia maculataC85] | | `--+--*M. pictifrons (Smith 1857)S86, C96, S86 [=Paragia pictifronsS86] | | `--M. doddi Meade-Waldo 1911C96, S86 [=Paragia doddiC85] | `--+--+--M. confluens (Snelling 1986)C96, S86 [=Paragia confluensC96, Riekia confluensC96] | | `--M. nocatunga (Richards 1962)C96, C85 [=*Riekia nocatungaC85] | `--+--M. hua (Snelling 1986)C96, S86 [=*Ammoparagia huaS86] | `--+--M. borreriae (Snelling 1986)C96, S86 [=Rolandia borreriaeS86] | `--+--M. angulata (Richards 1968)C96, S86 [=Riekia angulataS86, Rolandia angulataS86] | `--M. houstoni (Snelling 1986)C96, S86 [=Rolandia houstoniS86] `--Paragia Shuckard 1837 (see below for synonymy)C96 |--*P. decipiens Shuckard 1837S86 | |--P. d. decipiensC85 | `--P. d. aliciae Richards 1962C85 |--P. australis Saussure 1853 [=P. (Paragiella) australis]C85 | |--P. a. australisC85 | `--P. a. borealis Richards 1962C85 |--P. bicolor Saussure 1853 [=P. (Paragiella) bicolor]C85 |--P. calida Smith 1865 [=P. (Paragiella) calida]C85 |--P. deceptrix Smith 1862 [=P. deceptor, [=P. (Paragiella) deceptrix]C85 |--P. generosa Richards 1962 [=P. (Paragiella) generosa]C85 |--P. hirsuta Meade-Waldo 1911 [=P. (Paragiella) hirsuta]C85 |--P. magdalena Turner 1908 [=P. (Paragiella) magdalena]C85 |--P. mimetica Richards 1968 [=P. (Paragiella) mimetica]C85 |--P. monocesta Snelling 1986S86 |--P. morosa Smith 1868 [=P. (Paragiella) morosa]C85 |--P. nasuta Smith 1868 [=P. (Paragiella) nasuta]C85 |--P. odyneroides Smith 1850 (see below for synonymy)C85 |--P. oligomera Snelling 1986S86 |--P. perkinsi Meade-Waldo 1911 [=P. (Paragiella) perkinsi]C85 |--P. propodealis Richards 1968 [=P. (Paragiella) propodealis]C85 |--P. schulthessi Turner 1936C85 |--P. smithii Saussure 1854C85 |--P. sobrina Smith 1869 [=P. (Paragiella) sobrina; incl. P. excellens Smith 1869]C85 |--P. tricolor Smith 1850 [=P. saussurii Smith 1857]C85 |--P. venusta Smith 1865 [=P. (Paragiella) venusta; incl. P. concinna Smith 1868]C85 |--P. vespiformis Smith 1865 [=P. (*Cygnaea) vespiformis]S86 `--P. walkeri Meade-Waldo 1910 [=P. (Paragiella) walkeri]C85 Masarinae incertae sedis: TrimeriaC96 |--T. americanaC96 |--T. howardiCC85 `--T. rhachiphoraHH07 PseudomasarisHH07 |--P. phaceliaeHH07 `--P. vespoidesJB13 Celonites Latreille 1802L02 |--*C. apiformis [=Masaris apiformis]L02 |--C. cypriusC96 `--C. varipennisC96 Masarina Richards 1962G05 |--M. aptosimi Gess 2005G05 |--M. ceresG05 |--M. familiarisG05 |--M. hermanniae Gess 2005G05 |--M. hyalinipennisG05 |--M. mixtaG05 |--M. mixtoidesG05 |--M. namaquaG05 |--M. parvulaG05 |--M. peliostomiG05 |--M. roberti Gess 2005G05 |--M. struckiG05 `--M. tylecodoniG05
Metaparagia Meade-Waldo 1911 [incl. Ammoparagia Snelling 1986, Riekia Richards 1962, Rolandia Richards 1962]C96
Paragia Shuckard 1837 [incl. Alpha Dalla Tore 1904 non Saussure 1854, Beta Dalla Torre 1904 non Saussure 1854, Cygnaea Richards 1962, Paragiella Richards 1962]C96
Paragia odyneroides Smith 1850 [=P. (*Paragiella) odyneroides; incl. P. bidens Saussure 1855, P. praedator Saussure 1855]C85
*Type species of generic name indicated
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