Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the hymenopterous superfamily Vespoidea.
- Having the characteristics of or belonging to the superfamily Vespoidea.
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Examples
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Within Apocrita other positive shifts include the Vespoidea (vespoid wasps/ants containing 24,000 spp.), Anthophila + Sphecidae
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They justify the placement of Amblyopone as a "lower" ant by pointing to the basal position in this tree and noting that it is close "to solitary vespoid wasps."
Myrmecos Blog 2010
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The only truly primitive/basal ant was the first eusocial vespoid with a metapleural gland, let us say.
Myrmecos Blog 2010
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