Ammoplanidae

Ammoplanidae
Ammoplanops cockerelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Ammoplanidae
Evans, 1959
Genera
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Ammoplanidae is a family of aphid wasps formerly treated as the Crabronidae subtribe Ammoplanina. There are about 10 genera and at least 130 described species in Ammoplanina.[1] Phylogenetic analyses in 2018 and 2021 have confirmed this group as the sister lineage to the bees, and thus accorded the group family rank.[2]

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  2. ^ Sann, M.; Niehuis, O.; Peters, R. S.; Mayer, C.; Kozlov, A.; Podsiadlowski, L.; Bank, S.; Meusemann, K.; Misof, B.; Bleidorn, C.; Ohl, M. (2018). "Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18 (71): 71. Bibcode:2018BMCEE..18...71S. doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1155-8. PMC 5960199. PMID 29776336.