Pompiloidea

Superfamily of wasps

Pompiloidea
Dasymutilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Pompiloidea

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]

Eusapyga verticalis

Families

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

  • Mutillidae (velvet ants)
  • Myrmosidae (myrmosid wasps)
  • Pompilidae (spider wasps)
  • Sapygidae (sapygid wasps)

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

References

  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

Further reading

  • Aguiar, A.P.; Deans, A.R.; Engel, M.S.; Forshage, M.; et al. (2013). "Order Hymenoptera. In: Zhang Z-Q (ed) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classif. and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa. 3703: 51–62. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.12. ISSN 1175-5326.
  • Goulet, H.; Huber, J., eds. (1993). Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families. Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E.
  • 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.
  • Sharkey, M.J.; Carpenter, J.M.; Vilhelmsen, L. (2012). "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera". Cladistics. 28: 80–112. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.721.8852. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00366.x. ISSN 0748-3007.

External links

  • Media related to Pompiloidea at Wikimedia Commons
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Extant Hymenopteran families
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Subclass: Pterygota
  • Infraclass: Neoptera
  • Superorder: Holometabola
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Tenthredinoidea
  • Argidae (argid sawflies)
  • Blasticotomidae (fern sawflies)
  • Cimbicidae (cimbicid sawflies)
  • Diprionidae (conifer sawflies)
  • Pergidae (pergid sawflies)
  • Tenthredinidae (common sawflies)
Xyeloidea
Pamphilioidea
Siricoidea
  • Anaxyelidae (cedar wood wasps)
  • Siricidae (horntails)
Xiphydrioidea
  • Xiphydriidae (wood wasps)
Cephoidea
  • Cephidae (stem sawflies)
Orussoidea
  • Orussidae (parasitic wood wasps)
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Ichneumonoidea
  • Braconidae (braconids)
  • Ichneumonidae (ichneumon wasps)
Ceraphronoidea
Proctotrupomorpha
Platygastroidea
Cynipoidea
Proctotrupoidea (s.str.)
Diaprioidea
Mymarommatoidea
Chalcidoidea
(chalcid wasps)
Evanioidea
Stephanoidea
Megalyroidea
Trigonaloidea
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Chrysidoidea
Vespoidea
  • Rhopalosomatidae (rhopalosomatid wasps)
  • Vespidae (paper wasps, potter wasps, pollen wasps, yellowjackets, hornets)
Tiphioidea
Thynnoidea
  • Chyphotidae
  • Thynnidae (flower wasps)
  • Sierolomorphidae (sierolomorphid wasps)
Pompiloidea
  • Mutillidae (velvet ants)
  • Myrmosidae
  • Pompilidae (spider wasps)
  • Sapygidae (sapygid, or club-horned wasps)
Scolioidea
  • Scoliidae (scoliid wasps)
Formicoidea
  • Formicidae (ants)
Apoidea
Spheciformes
(sphecoid wasps)
Anthophila
(bees)
Taxon identifiers
Pompiloidea


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