Pompiloidea is a superfamily that includes spider wasps and velvet ants, among others, in the order Hymenoptera. There are 4 families in Pompiloidea.[1][2][3]

Pompiloidea
Dasymutilla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Pompiloidea
Eusapyga verticalis

Families

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These four families belong to the superfamily Pompiloidea:[3]

The extinct family Burmusculidae, known from Cretaceous amber, is also placed here.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Pilgrim, Erik M.; Von Dohlen, Carol D.; Pitts, James P. (2008). "Molecular phylogenetics of Vespoidea indicate paraphyly of the superfamily and novel relationships of its component families and subfamilies". Zoologica Scripta. 37 (5): 539–560. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00340.x. ISSN 0300-3256.
  2. ^ "Pompiloidea Superfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. ^ a b Behrensmeyer, A. K.; Turner, A. "Superfamily Pompiloidea Latreille 1804 (wasp)". Fossilworks, Gateway to the Paleobiology Database.
  4. ^ Longfeng Li; Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn; Chungkun Shih; Daqing Li; Dong Ren (2020). "Two new rare wasps (Hymenoptera: Apocrita: Panguidae and Burmusculidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 109: Article 104220. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104220

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