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Afrotropical Vespoidea

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera)

 

 

Bradynobaenidae

Formicidae

Mutillidae

Pompilidae

Rhopalosomatidae

Sapygidae

Scoliidae

 

Tiphiidae

Vespidae

Distribution

Worldwide

Biology

Wide range of behaviour from parasitoid or predator to scavenger or phytophage. Solitary or social.

Diversity

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.

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