What is Vespoidea?
{{Taxobox | name = Vespoidea | image = 2919baldf.w.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''Dolichovespula maculata'', Bald faced hornet | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Hymenoptera]] | subordo = [[Apocrita]] | superfamilia = '''Vespoidea''' | subdivision_ranks = Families}} '''Vespoidea''' is a superfamily of the [[insect]] [[Order (biology)|order]] [[Hymenoptera]] in class of [[insect]]s. The members of this group are [[wasp]]s and [[ant]]s.<ref>Hoell H.V; Doyen J.T. & Purcell A.H. 1998. ''Introduction to insect biology and diversity''. 2nd ed, Oxford University Press. 320 {{ISBN|0-19-510033-6}}</ref><ref>Grimaldi D. and Engel M.S. 2005. ''Evolution of the insects''. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0-521-82149-5}}</ref> == Families == * [[Bradynobaenidae]] * [[Formicidae]] - ants * [[Mutillidae]] - velvet ants * [[Pompilidae]] - [[spider wasp]]s * [[Rhopalosomatidae]] - rhopalosomatid wasps * [[Sapygidae]] - sapygid wasps * [[Scoliidae]] - scoliid wasps * [[Sierolomorphidae]] - sierolomorphid wasps * [[Tiphiidae]] - tiphiid wasps * [[Vespidae]] - [[paper wasp]]s, [[hornet]]s, [[potter wasp]]s, [[yellow jacket]]s, and relatives == References == {{Reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Hymenoptera]]