Kingdom Animalia Suborder Symphyta Rank Superfamily | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Order Hymenopterans | |
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Similar Hymenopterans, Megalodontesidae, Orussidae, Blasticotomidae, Xyelidae | ||
The Pamphilioidea (formerly Megalodontoidea) are a small superfamily within the Symphyta, containing some 250 living species restricted to the temperate regions of Eurasia and North America. These hymenopterans share the distinctive feature of a very large, almost prognathous head, which is widest ventrally. The superfamily consists of two extant families.
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