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Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants, and Allies
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Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants, and Allies

Pompiloidea

Pompiloidea is a superfamily that includes spider wasps and velvet ants, among others, in the order Hymenoptera. There are 4 families in Pompiloidea.

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4 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Spider Wasps

familyPompilidae

Velvet Ants

familyMutillidae

Club-horned Wasps

familySapygidae

Myrmosid Wasps

familyMyrmosidae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1269342.