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Vespoidea

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)179715https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=179715
Ranksuperfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Vespoidea
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
orderHymenopteraLinnaeus 1758
-UnicalcaridaSchulmeister et al. 2002
suborderVespina
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
-Aculeata
superfamilyVespoideaLatreille 1802
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Vespoideasuperfamilybelongs to Apocritastated with evidenceRasnitsyn, 1975
Vespoideasuperfamilybelongs to Aculeatastated with evidenceBrothers, 1999
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1,121
Extant Size (PBDB)193 (17%)
First Recorded Appearance125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Formicidae
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Ant1,840105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Rhopalosomatidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
499.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Tiphiidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1399.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Vespidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
82125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1802Vespoidea Latreille p. 358
1975Vespoidea Rasnitsyn
1999Vespoidea Brothers p. 233
2011Vespoidea Heraty et al.

References

Latreille P. A. , Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième, 1-467
Rasnitsyn A. P. (1975) Hymenoptera Apocrita of Mesozoic, Transactions of the Palaeontological Institute Academy of Sciences of the USSR 147, 1-134
Brothers D. J. (1999) Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea), Zoologica Scripta 28 1-2, 233-249 doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00003.
Heraty J., Ronquist F., et al (2011) Evolution of the hymenopteran megaradiation, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 60, 73-88
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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