Linnaeus order Neuroptera included (from left to right, top to bottom) the common gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii), figwort sawfly (Tenthredo scrophulariae), common parasitoid wasp (Ichneumon sarcitorius), South American potter wasp (Sphex argillacea, now Zeta argillaceum), European hornet (Vespa crabro), Western honey bee (Apis mellifera), red wood ant (Formica rufa), European velvet ant (Mutilla europaea). Credits to Wikimedia user Wofl (gall wasp), James K. Lindsey (sawfly, parasitoid wasp), Sean McCann (potter wasp), Wikipedia user Flugwapsch62 (hornet), Böhringer Friedrich (bee), Adam Opio¬ła (ant), Valter Jacinto (velvet ant).
Published April 4, 2016 in The history of Systematics: Animals in Systema Naturae, 1758 (part 3) | Full size is 1028 × 510 pixels