Chrysidoidea
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| Chrysidoidea Temporal range:
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| Chrysis viridula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Infraorder: | Aculeata |
| Superfamily: | Chrysidoidea Latreille, 1802 |
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The superfamily Chrysidoidea is a very large cosmopolitan group (some 6,000 described species, and many more undescribed) [Chrysididae, and Dryinidae) and four small, rare families (Embolemidae, Plumariidae, Sclerogibbidae, and Scolebythidae). Most species are small (7 mm or less), almost never exceeding 15 mm. This superfamily is traditionally considered to be the basal taxon within the Aculeata, and, as such, some species can sting, though the venom is harmless to humans.
Members of the families
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The extinct, monotypic family
References
- PMID 22259297.