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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.

References

Bequaert, J.C. 1918. A revision of the Vespidae of the Belgian Congo based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition: with a list of Ethiopian diplopterous wasps. Bulletin of the AMNH 39: 1-384.

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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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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