Pompiloidea Explained
Pompiloidea is a superfamily that includes spider wasps and velvet ants, among others, in the order Hymenoptera. There are 4 families in Pompiloidea.
Families
These four families belong to the superfamily Pompiloidea:
The extinct family Burmusculidae, known from Cretaceous amber, is also placed here.[1]
Further reading
- Order Hymenoptera. In: Zhang Z-Q (ed) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classif. and survey of taxonomic richness. 2013. Aguiar . A.P.. Deans . A.R.. Engel . M.S.. Forshage . M.. Huber . J.T.. Jennings . J.T.. Johnson . N.F.. Lelej . A.S.. Longino . J.T.. Lohrmann . V.. Mikó . I.. Ohl . M.. 4. Zootaxa. 3703. 51–62. 1175-5326. 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.12. free.
- Book: Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families. 1993. Goulet . H.. Huber . J.. Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E.
- Molecular phylogenetics of Vespoidea indicate paraphyly of the superfamily and novel relationships of its component families and subfamilies. 2008. Pilgrim . Erik M.. Von Dohlen . Carol D.. Pitts . James P.. Zoologica Scripta. 37. 5. 539–560. 0300-3256. 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00340.x.
- Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera. 2012. Sharkey . M.J.. Carpenter . J.M.. Vilhelmsen . L.. Cladistics. 28. 80–112. 0748-3007. 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00366.x. 10.1.1.721.8852.
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Notes and References
- Longfeng Li; Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn; Chungkun Shih; Daqing Li; Dong Ren (2020). "Two new rare wasps (Hymenoptera: Apocrita: Panguidae and Burmusculidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 109: Article 104220. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104220
