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World wasp families

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

SYMPHYTA

(Woodwasps, Horntails, Sawflies)

     
Anaxyeloidea    

Anaxyelidae (Incense-Cedar Woodwasps)

   
     
Cephoidea    

Cephidae (Stem sawflies)

   
     
Orussoidea    

Orussidae (Parasitic Woodwasps)

   
     
Pamphilioidea    

Megalodontesidae (Large-Toothed sawflies)

Pamphiliidae (Web-spinning sawflies)

 
     
Siricoidea    

Siricidae (Horntails and Woodwasps)

   
     
Tenthredinoidea    

Argidae

Athaliidae (Torpedo sawflies)

Blasticotomidae (Fern sawflies)

Cimbicidae (Giant sawflies)

Diprionidae (Conifer sawflies)

Heptamelidae (Fern-tip sawflies)

Pergidae (Spitfire sawflies)

Tenthredinidae (Common or Torpedo sawflies)

Zenargidae (Cypress Pine sawflies)

 
Xiphydrioidea

Xiphydriidae (Long-necked Woodwasps)

 

 
Xyeloidea

Xyelidae (Weird-antennae sawflies)

 

 

APOCRITA (PARASITICA)

(Parasitoid wasps)
 

Ceraphronoidea  

Ceraphronidae

Megaspilidae

 

 
Chalcidoidea (Chalcid wasps)

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Agaonidae (Fig wasps)

Aphelinidae

Azotidae

Baeomorphidae

Boucekiidae

Calesidae

Ceidae

Cerocephalidae

Chalcedectidae

Chalcididae

Chrysolampidae

Cleonymidae

Coelocybidae

Cynipencyrtidae

Diparidae

Encyrtidae

Epichrysomallidae

Eucharitidae

Eulophidae

Eunotidae

Eupelmidae

Eurytomidae

Eutrichosomatidae

Herbertiidae

Hetreulophidae

Heydeniidae

Idioporidae

Leucospidae

Lyciscidae

Macromesidae

Megastigmidae

Mellanosomellidae

Metapelmatidae

Moranilidae

Mymaridae

Neanastatidae

Neodiparidae

Ooderidae

Ormyridae

Pelecinellidae

Perilampidae

Pirenidae

Pteromalidae

Signiphoridae

Spalangiidae

Systasidae

Tanaostigmatidae

Tetracampidae

Torymidae

Trichogrammatidae

 
 

Cynipoidea

Austrocynipidae

(Australian Gall wasps)

Cynipidae (Gall wasps)

Diplolepididae

Figitidae

Ibaliidae

Liopteridae

Paraulacidae

 

 

Diaprioidea

Diapriidae

Ismaridae

Maamingidae (Trickster wasps)

Monomachidae

 

 

 

Evanioidea

Aulacidae

Evaniidae

Gasteruptiidae

 

Ichneumonoidea

Braconidae

Ichneumonidae (Darwin wasps)

 

 

Megalyroidea

Megalyridae

 

 

 

Mymarommatoidea

Mymarommatidae (False Fairy wasps)

   
 

Platygastroidea

Geoscelionidae

Janzenellidae

Neuroscelionidae

Nixoniidae

Platygastridae

Scelionidae

Sparasionidae

 
 

Proctotrupoidea

Austroniidae

Heloridae

Pelecinidae

Peradeniidae

Proctorenyxidae

Proctotrupidae

Roproniidae

Vanhorniidae

 
 

Stephanoidea

Stephanidae

   
 

Trigonaloidea

Trigonalidae (Trigonalid wasps)

   
 

APOCRITA (ACULEATA)

(Stinging Wasps, Bees, Ants)
     
Apoidea    

Ammoplanidae

Ampulicidae (Cockroach wasps)

Astatidae

Bembicidae (Sand wasps)

Crabronidae
(Square-headed wasps)

Entomosericidae

Eremiaspheciidae

Heterogynaidae



Mellinidae

Pemphredonidae (Aphid wasps)



Philanthidae
(Bee Wolf wasps)

Psenidae

Sphecidae (Mud dauber wasps)
 

 

     
Epifamily Anthophila (Bees)    

Andrenidae (Mining bees)

Apidae (Honey, Cuckoo, Digger & Carpenter bees)

Colletidae (Membrane, Plasterer & Masked bees)

Halictidae (Sweat bees, Flower bees)

Megachilidae (Leaf cutting bees, Mason Bees)

Melittidae

Stenotritidae
(Swift bees, Comb-bearer bees)

 

 

Chrysidoidea

Bethylidae (Flat wasps)

Chrysididae (Cuckoo wasps)

Dryinidae (Pincer wasps)

Embolemidae

Plumariidae

Sclerogibbidae

Scolebythidae

 

 

Formicoidea

Formicidae (Ants)

 

 

Pompiloidea

Mutillidae (Velvet ants)

Myrmosidae

Pompilidae (Spider hunting wasps)

Sapygidae

 

 

 

Scolioidea

Bradynobaenidae

Scoliidae (Mammoth wasps)

 

 

Sierolomorphoidea

Sierolomorphidae

 

 

 

Thynnoidea

Chyphotidae

Thynnidae (Flower wasps)

 

 

Tiphioidea

Tiphiidae

 

 

Vespoidea

Rhopalosomatidae

Vespidae (Paper, Potter & Pollen wasps)

 

 

 


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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