"Wasps" is non-phylogenetic. The LUCA of Hymenoptera was probably a wasp-like animal; there are several extant lines called "wasps" that diverged early; bees (A

"Wasps" is non-phylogenetic. The LUCA of Hymenoptera was probably a wasp-like animal; there are several extant lines called "wasps" that diverged early; bees (Apoidea) and ants (Formicidae), however, diverged late from "wasps".