Sphecoidea


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Noun 1. Sphecoidea - families Sphecidae and Stizidae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Hymenoptera, order Hymenoptera - an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.
sphecoid, sphecoid wasp - any of various solitary wasps
family Sphecidae, Sphecidae - mud daubers; some digger wasps
family Stizidae, Stizidae - cicada killers
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References in periodicals archive ?
Biosystematic studies of Ceylonese wasps, VIII: a monograph of the Philanthidae (Hymenoptera: Sphecoidea).
Observations of Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) phenology and variation in its buprestid prey in Louisiana
2 of Hymenoptera: Formicoidea, Vespoidea and Sphecoidea, Canberra, Australia, 1985.
A new species of Afrotropical ants in the genus Bothroponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)
berteriana, que no tuvo ningun taxon de Apoidea como dominante, sino especies de Vespoidea y Sphecoidea, ademas de mostrar una variacion temporal en la composicion de sus elementos dominantes.
Insectos asociados con flores de malezas del Jardin Botanico de Santiago de Cuba, con enfasis en Hymenoptera