Vespoidea
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{{Taxobox
| name = Vespoidea
| image = Tiphia.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''[[Tiphia]] sp.''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Hymenoptera]]
| subordo = [[Apocrita]]
| superfamilia = '''Vespoidea'''
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision =
see text
}}
'''Vespoidea''' is a [[Scientific classification|Superfamily]] of [[Order (biology)|Order]] [[Hymenoptera]] of [[Class (biology)|Class]] [[Insecta]], although older [[Taxonomy|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]].
== Vespoid Families ==
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|1={{clade
|1=[[Sierolomorphidae]]
|2={{clade
|1={{clade
|1=[[Tiphiidae]]
|2={{clade
|1=[[Sapygidae]]
|2=[[Mutillidae]]
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|2={{clade
|1={{clade
|1=[[Pompilidae]]
|2=[[Rhopalosomatidae]]
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|2={{clade
|1=[[Formicidae]]
|2={{clade
|1=[[Vespidae]]
|2=[[Scoliidae]]
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<center><small>Phylogenetic relationships of Vespoid families<ref>Brothers, D. J. 1999. Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysisoidea, Vespoidea, and Apoidea). ''Zoologica Scripta 28'': 233-249.</ref></small></center>
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* [[Formicidae]] - ants
* [[Mutillidae]] -- velvet ants
* [[Pompilidae]] -- [[spider wasp]]s
* [[Rhopalosomatidae]] -- rhopalosomatid wasps
* [[Sapygidae]] -- sapygid wasps
* [[Scoliidae]] -- scoliid wasps
* [[Sierolomorphidae]] -- sierolomorphid wasps
* [[Tiphiidae]] -- tiphiid wasps
* [[Vespidae]] -- [[paper wasp]]s, [[hornet]]s, [[potter wasp]]s, [[yellow jacket]]s, and relatives
==External links==
*[http://zoologie.umh.ac.be/hymenoptera/galerie/exploredb.aspx?parent=41 Image Gallery from Gembloux]
==References==
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*Brothers, D. J. (1999). Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea). ''Zoologica Scripta, 28'', 233-249.
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