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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea

Superfamily Vespoidea

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Agressive Camponotus? - Formica Unknown wasp - Campsomeris Which tarantula hawk has the prettiest wings? Pepsis form*osa, maybe? - Pepsis Potter Wasp - Eumenes fraternus Eumenes ? - Eumenes Bald Faced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata Ephuta argenticeps - female Dolichovespula 1539 - Dolichovespula arenaria
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea
Identification
OVERVIEW OF FAMILIES

Family Bradynobaenidae - Bradynobaenid Wasps



Family Formicidae - Ants



Family Mutillidae – Velvet Ants



Family Pompilidae – Spider Wasps



Family Rhopalosomatidae - Rhopalosomatid Wasps
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Family Sapygidae - Sapygid Wasps



Family Scoliidae - Scoliid Wasps



Family Sierolomorphidae - Sierolomorphid Wasps



Family Tiphiidae - Tiphiid Wasps


Family Vespidae - Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps
Internet References
Tree of Life
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 11 June, 2007 - 7:32am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 3 May, 2008 - 8:51pm

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