The PEDIGREE of
Subfamily Vespinae (Yellowjackets & Hornets)

 "Child(ren)":       Genus Vespa (True Hornets)   ;   Dolichovespula (yellowjackets : bald-faced hornet : tree wasp : etc.)   ;   Vespula (common wasp : German wasp : red cuckoo wasp : American yellowjackets : etc.)   ;   Provespa   ;   Palaeovespa (extinct)
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/-- Subgrade of Protostomia   +====> [ 76]
/   / or: Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum Ecdysozoa (Arthropods, Roundworms, etc.)
/-- Supraphylum Panarthropoda
/-- Phylum Arthropoda
/-- Subphylum Tetraconata
/   / or: Superclass Panhexapoda in Infraphylum Atelocerata
/-- Epiclass Hexapoda
/-- Class Insecta
/-- Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
/-- Infraclass Neoptera
/-- Superorder Endopterygota
/-- Order Hymenoptera (sawflies : wasps : ants)
/-- Suborder Apocrita (wasps : ants)
/-- Superfamily Vespoidea (ants & hornets & etc.)
/-- Epifamily Scolioidea (ants & parasitic wasps)
/-- Family Vespidae (Hornets, Paper Wasps, etc.)
/  
- Subfamily Vespinae (Yellowjackets & Hornets)
 

 
  ``1-Great Grandchild:''       Japanese Giant Hornet
 

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