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Welcome to Superfamily Pompiloidea!

Pompiloidea - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Hymenoptera > Suborder Apocrita > Infraorder Aculeata > Superfamily Pompiloidea

(From Wikipedia) Pompiloidea is a superfamily that includes spider wasps and velvet ants, among others, in the order Hymenoptera.

FACT: It's theorized that a venomous sting was important in the constant evolution of eusociality in these insects!

Currently discovered: 1/4 Families

Family

  1. Mutillidae - Velvet Ants