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1. See APOCRITA; BETHYLIDAE; CLEPTIDAE; DRYINIDAE; ENCYRTIDAE; FIGITIDAE; GASTERUPTIIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MASARIDAE; PAPER WASPS; PLATYGASTERIDAE; PTEROMALIDAE; RHOPALOSOMATIDAE; SCOLIIDAE; SOCIAL WASPS; SOLITARY WASPS; TIPHIIDAE; VESPIDAE.

2. (chalcid wasps) See CHALCIDAE; CHALCIDOIDEA; EULOPHIDAE; LEUCOSPIDAE; TORYMIDAE; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE.

3. (cockroach wasp) See AMPULICIDAE.

4. (ensign wasps) See EVANIIDAE.

5. (fig wasps) See AGAONIDAE.

6. (gall wasps) See CYNIPIDAE.

7. (ichneumon wasps) See BRACONIDAE; ICHNEUMONIDAE.

8. (mason wasps) See EUMENIDAE.

9. (potter wasps) See EUMENIDAE.

10. (ruby-tailed cuckoo wasps, ruby-tailed wasps) See CHRYSIDIDAE.

11. (spider-hunting wasps) See POMPILIDAE.

12. (velvet ants) See MUTILLIDAE.

13. (woodwasps) See ORUSSIDAE; SIRICIDAE; SYMPHYTA.

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