Pamphilioidea | |
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Acantholyda nemoralis (Pamphiliidae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Suborder: | Symphyta |
Superfamily: |
Pamphilioidea Cameron, 1890 |
Families | |
Synonyms | |
Megalodontoidea Konow, 1897 |
Megalodontoidea Konow, 1897
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.