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Superfamily Vespoidea

Bee Love - Euodynerus bidens - male - female Mason or potter wasp? - Eumenes crucifera - male Wasp - Stenodynerus anormis Wasp - Polistes metricus Euodynerus sp. f? - Euodynerus schwarzi - female Polistes dominulus? - Polistes dominula - female Ground nest in our backyard. Are those yellow jackets? - Vespula alascensis Eumeninae? - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
paraphyletic group (unlike other aculeatan superfamilies used in the Guide)(1), with circumscription still under discussion
Print References
Pilgrim E.M., von Dohlen C.D., Pitts J.P. (2008) Molecular phylogenetics of Vespoidea indicate paraphyly of the superfamily and novel relationships of its component families and subfamilies. Zoologica Scripta 37: 539-560. (Full text)
Works Cited
1.Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera
Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28: 80―112.