vespid

comparative more vespid · superlative most vespid

1. Characteristic of the wasp family Vespidae.

plural vespids

1. Any social insect of the family Vespidae including wasps and hornets.

   For both traits, the Assym.2 model favored reversals as more likely, especially when more solitary vespid taxa were included. This is because as more solitary vespids are included, the more observed instances of no gains.

   2018, Patrick K Piekarski et al., “Phylogenomic Evidence Overturns Current Conceptions of Social Evolution in Wasps (Vespidae)”, in Molecular Biology and Evolution, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2025