VESPOIDEA
(wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
FORMICIDAE
ants
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 		Family 30 subtaxa 205 images 31 ident. refs
MUTILLIDAE
velvet ants
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 		Family 2 subtaxa 9 images 5 ident. refs
POMPILIDAE
spider-hunting wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 8 subtaxa 94 images 7 ident. refs
SAPYGIDAE
a family of solitary wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 1 subtaxa 7 images 5 ident. refs
TIPHIIDAE
a family of solitary wasps
Family 5 ident. refs
VESPIDAE
potter, mason and social wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 15 subtaxa 188 images 26 ident. refs
Vespoidea (unidentified)
Unidentified Wasps
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 		Unidentified 1 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Archer, M.E. 2014 Vespoid Wasps (Tiphiidea, Mutillidae, Sapygidae, Scoliidae and Vespidae) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 6 Pt 6, 82pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Richards, O.W. 1980 Scolioidea, Vespoidea and Sphecoidea Handbooks for the Identification of Britsh Insects, Vol VI. Part 3(b), 118pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

VESPOIDEA (wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for VESPOIDEA (wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 296 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for VESPOIDEA (wasps)
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