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Vespidae
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Taxonomy
Vespidae was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. Its type is Vespa.
It was assigned to Hymenoptera by Zhang (1989); to Apocrita by Carpenter (1992); and to Vespoidea by Cockerell (1906), Brothers (1999) and Sharkey (2007).
It was assigned to Hymenoptera by Zhang (1989); to Apocrita by Carpenter (1992); and to Vespoidea by Cockerell (1906), Brothers (1999) and Sharkey (2007).
Subtaxa
Agelaia, Eumeninae, Euparagiinae, Palaeovespa, Polistes, Polistinae, Polybia, Priorvespinae, Vespa (type genus)
Sister taxa
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