Thynnoidea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Thynnoidea
Familiae (2): Chyphotidae - Thynnidae
Name

Thynnoidea

References

Pilgrim, E.M.; von Dohlen, C.D.; Pitts, J.P. 2008: Molecular phylogenetics of Vespoidea indicate paraphyly of the superfamily and novel relationships of its component families and subfamilies. Zoologica scripta, 37: 539–560.

Thynnoidea is a superfamily of hymenopterans in the order Hymenoptera. There are at least 2 families and about 10 described species in Thynnoidea.[1]
Myzinum quinquecinctum

Families

These two families belong to the superfamily Thynnoidea:

Chyphotidae (chyphotid wasps)
Thynnidae (thynnid wasps)

References

"Thynnoidea Superfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

Further reading

Aguiar, A.P.; Deans, A.R.; Engel, M.S.; Forshage, M.; et al. (2013). "Order Hymenoptera. In: Zhang Z-Q (ed) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classif. and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa. 3703: 51–62. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.12. ISSN 1175-5326.
Goulet, H.; Huber, J., eds. (1993). Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families. Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E.
Sharkey, M.J.; Carpenter, J.M.; Vilhelmsen, L. (2012). "Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera". Cladistics. 28: 80–112. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00366.x. ISSN 0748-3007.