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Superfamily Evanioidea - Aulacid, Ensign, and Gasteruptiid Wasps

Representative Images

Hyptia? - Hyptia maybe spider wasp - Evania appendigaster Gasteruption assectator - female Gasteruptiidae - Carrot Wasps Genus Gasteruption 2017 Bioblitz - Gasteruption ensign wasp - Hyptia - female Wasp, Gasteruption sp - Gasteruption - female Gasteruption - Gasteruption Gasteruption

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Evanioidea (Aulacid, Ensign, and Gasteruptiid Wasps)

Numbers

3 families worldwide(1)

Remarks

There is disagreement on whether the group is monophyletic or not. The arguments for being non-monophyletic are based on the differences of host biology for the three families (see Tree of Life).

Internet References

Tree of Life
sef.nu Notes on the Superfamily Evanioidea in Sweden with Keys to Families, Genera and Species. K. Hedqvist

Works Cited

1.Deans A.R., Yoder M.J., Dole K. (2013-) Evanioidea Online - catalog of information about evanioid wasps (Hymenoptera)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 11 June, 2007 - 7:43am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 29 November, 2020 - 9:41pm

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