Vespoidea 889700 220454251 2008-06-19T23:00:37Z 69.91.88.115 rv vandalism {{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 == {{userboxtop|toptext=&nbsp;}} {{clade| style=font-size:75%;line-height:75% |label1=Vespoidea |1={{clade |1=[[Sierolomorphidae]] |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=[[Tiphiidae]] |2={{clade |1=[[Sapygidae]] |2=[[Mutillidae]] }} }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=[[Pompilidae]] |2=[[Rhopalosomatidae]] }} |2={{clade |1=[[Formicidae]] |2={{clade |1=[[Vespidae]] |2=[[Scoliidae]] }} }} }} }} }} }} <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> {{userboxbottom}} * [[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== {{Reflist}} *Brothers, D. J. (1999). Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea). ''Zoologica Scripta, 28'', 233-249. [[Category:Wasps]] [[Category:Vespoidea| ]] {{Hymenoptera-stub}} [[ca:Vespoideid]] [[de:Vespoidea]] [[es:Vespoidea]] [[fr:Vespoidea]] [[nl:Wespachtigen]] [[ja:スズメバチ上科]] [[no:Vespoidea]] [[pl:Osy]] [[fi:Ampiaismaiset pistiäiset]] [[sv:Getingar]]