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Superfamily Stephanoidea

Megischus 1569 - Megischus bicolor - female

Crown-of-thorns Wasp - Dorsal - Megischus bicolor - female

Megischus bicolor female crown of thorns wasp - Megischus bicolor - female

Crown-of-thorns Wasp - Anterior Lateral - Megischus bicolor

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 Stephanoidea

Numbers

contains a single family(1)

Works Cited

1.	Phylogeny and classification of Hymenoptera Sharkey M.J. 2007. Zootaxa 1668: 521–548.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 October, 2009 - 1:16pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 5 November, 2023 - 12:17am

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