Pompiloidea

Pompiloidea is a superfamily that includes spider wasps and velvet ants, among others, in the order Hymenoptera. There are 4 extant families in Pompiloidea.^[1]

Eusapyga verticalis

Pompiloidea
Ceropales maculata (Pompilidae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Infraorder:	Aculeata
Superfamily:	Pompiloidea

Families

• Mutillidae (velvet ants)
• Myrmosidae (myrmosid wasps)
• Pompilidae (spider wasps)
• Sapygidae (sapygid wasps)

The extinct family Burmusculidae, known from Cretaceous amber, is also placed here.^[2][3]