SPHECOIDEA
(a superfamily of solitary wasps)

SPHECOIDEA (a superfamily of solitary wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SPHECOIDEA (a superfamily of solitary wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
CRABRONIDAE
a family of solitary wasps
Family 97 subtaxa 126 trophisms 3 references
SPHECIDAE
a family of solitary wasps
Family 4 subtaxa 13 trophisms 9 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilySPHECOIDEA (a superfamily of solitary 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
Peeters, T.M.J., Van Achterberg, C., Heitmans, W.R.B., Klein, W.F., Lefeber, V., Van Loon, A.J., Mabelis, A.A., Nieuwenhuijsen, H. Reemer, M., De Rond, J., Smit, J. & Velthuis, H.H.W. 2004 De Wespen en Mieren van Nederland (Hymenoptera : Aculeata) Nederlandse Fauna, No 6, 516pp, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis
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
() Yeo, P.F., & Corbet, S.A. 1995 Solitary Wasps Naturalists’ Handbooks, 3, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

SPHECOIDEA (a superfamily of solitary wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Literature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to SPHECOIDEA (a superfamily of solitary wasps):

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