Vespoidea

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Vespoidea
Tiphia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Suborder: Apocrita Superfamily: Vespoidea
Families
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Vespoidea is a Superfamily of Order Hymenoptera of Class Insecta, although older taxonomic schemes may vary in this categorization, particularly in their recognition of a now-obsolete superfamily Scolioidea. The members of this group are wasps and ants.

[edit] Vespoid Families

Vespoidea Sierolomorphidae Tiphiidae Sapygidae Mutillidae Pompilidae Rhopalosomatidae Formicidae Vespidae Scoliidae Phylogenetic relationships of Vespoid families[1]

• Formicidae - ants
• Mutillidae -- velvet ants
• Pompilidae -- spider wasps
• Rhopalosomatidae -- rhopalosomatid wasps
• Sapygidae -- sapygid wasps
• Scoliidae -- scoliid wasps
• Sierolomorphidae -- sierolomorphid wasps
• Tiphiidae -- tiphiid wasps
• Vespidae -- paper wasps, hornets, potter wasps, yellow jackets, and relatives

[edit] External links

• Image Gallery from Gembloux

[edit] References

• Brothers, D. J. (1999). Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea). Zoologica Scripta, 28, 233-249.