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Parent Taxon

• Polygyridae

Sibling Taxa

• Hochbergellus
• Vespericola

Child Taxa

• Vespericola armigera
• Vespericola columbiana
• Vespericola embertoni
• Vespericola eritrichius
• Vespericola euthales
• Vespericola haplus
• Vespericola karokorum
• Vespericola klamathicus
• Vespericola marinensis
• Vespericola megasoma
• Vespericola ohlone
• Vespericola orius
• Vespericola pilosus
• Vespericola pinicola
• Vespericola pressleyi
• Vespericola rhodophila
• Vespericola rothi
• Vespericola sasquatch
• Vespericola scotti
• Vespericola shasta
• Vespericola sierranus

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