Definition of Superfamily Sphecoidea

1. Noun. Families Sphecidae and Stizidae.

Exact synonyms: Sphecoidea
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Hymenoptera, Order Hymenoptera
Member holonyms: Sphecoid, Sphecoid Wasp, Family Sphecidae, Sphecidae, Family Stizidae, Stizidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Superfamily Sphecoidea

superfabulous
superfactorial
superfactorials
superfalse
superfamilial
superfamilies
superfamily
superfamily Aphidoidea
superfamily Apoidea
superfamily Coccoidea
superfamily Hominoidea
superfamily Lamellicornia
superfamily Muroidea
superfamily Muscoidea
superfamily Platyrrhini
superfamily Sphecoidea (current term)
superfamily Tineoidea
superfamily Tyrannidae
superfamous
superfan
superfans
superfarm
superfarms
superfast
superfatted
superfatting
superfecta
superfectas
superfecundations

Literary usage of Superfamily Sphecoidea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1899)
"The wasps belonging to this superfamily are apparently closely allied to the wasps in the superfamily Sphecoidea, and have been quite recently classified ..."

2. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"The solitary wasps belonging to the Vespoidea resemble greatly in habits the solitary wasps ol the superfamily Sphecoidea, although they differ in important ..."

3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1921)
"... eight of these belong to the superfamily Sphecoidea and five to the superfamily Apoidea. Among the bee genera are such common and well recognized ones ..."

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