Pompiloidea | |
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Ceropales maculata (Pompilidae) | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Infraorder: | Aculeata |
Superfamily: | Pompiloidea |
Pompiloidea is a superfamily that includes spider wasps and velvet ants, among others, in the orderHymenoptera. There are 4 extant families in Pompiloidea.[1]
The extinct familyBurmusculidae, known from Cretaceous amber, is also placed here.[2][3]