Mellisugini

Familia: Trochilidae
Subfamilia: Trochilinae
Tribus:
Genera: Archilochus – Calliphlox – Calothorax – Calypte – Chaetocercus – Doricha – Eulidia – Mellisuga – Microstilbon – Myrmia – Myrtis – Nesophlox – Philodice – Rhodopis – Selasphorus – Thaumastura – Tilmatura

Mellisugini G.R. Gray, 1848

• Typus: Mellisuga Brisson, 1760

• Gray, G.R. 1844–1849. The genera of birds: comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera. Illustrated by David William Mitchell. Vol.1: i–xvi, 1–300, pl.1–70. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. (London). BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.60796 Reference page.  pl. 35 "Mellisuginae" BHL p. 111 BHL

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