Distribution
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Worldwide |
Biology |
Wide range of behaviour from parasitoid or predator to
scavenger or phytophage. Solitary or social. |
Diversity
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About 25 000 described species. Probably as many still
undescribed. |
Reference |
Brothers, D.J. &
Finnamore A.T. 1993. Superfamily Vespoidea (pp. 161-278).
In
GOULET, H. & HUBER,
J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families.
Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort and Hamish Robertson (Iziko Museums of Cape Town); and
Victor Kolyada (Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.
Petersburg)
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