BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
| Lab. techniques | Aculeates are a difficult group to identitify, even from specimens, but these are usually needed for certain identification, at least until you're reasonably expert with the group. Specimens should be set with the legs pulled down away from the body to facilitate examination of the sides of the thorax. Try to ensure the leading edges of the hindwings are hooked onto the trailing edges of the forewings, as they are in life. The wings can be left in the vertical position, or positioned so they are flat, but should not be allowed to obscure the upper surface of the abdomen. Ideally, the jaws held open as the number of teeth is often important. |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aculeata | Imago | 11 August 2007 | Oxon | England | 8 | |
| Aculeata | Male imago | 19 May 2006 | Berks | England | 11 | |
| Aculeata | Imago | 19 May 2006 | Berks | England | 12 | |
| Aculeata | Male imago | 26 March 2005 | Berks | England | 5 | |
| Aculeata | 3 April 1977 | North Hampshire | England | 2 |
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superfamily | APOIDEA | 179 | 219 | 153 | 4 | 36 | 325 |
| Superfamily | CHRYSIDOIDEA | 73 | |||||
| Family | BETHYLIDAE | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Family | CHRYSIDIDAE (rubytail or cuckoo-wasps) | 28 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 46 | |
| Family | DRYINIDAE (dryinid wasps) | 34 | 8 | 2 | 34 | ||
| Family | EMBOLEMIDAE | 2 | |||||
| Family | MUTILLIDAE | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Family | SAPYGIDAE | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Family | TIPHIIDAE | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Species | Dryudella pinguis (a solitary wasp) | 1 | |||||
| Superfamily | FORMICOIDEA | 34 | 17 | 26 | 7 | 122 | |
| Species | Lestiphorus bicinctus (a solitary wasp) | 1 | |||||
| Species | Methocha articulata (a solitary wasp) | 1 | |||||
| Superfamily | POMPILOIDEA | 20 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 26 | |
| Superfamily | SPHECOIDEA (a superfamily of solitary wasps) | 98 | 24 | 56 | 3 | 134 | |
| Superfamily | VESPOIDEA | 26 | 83 | 13 | 10 | 64 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Photos of Insects: http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/insects/index.htm | Web Site/Page |
| Richards, O.W., 1980 | Scolioidea, Vespoidea and Sphecoidea |
| Willmer, P., 1985 | Bees, Ants and Wasps: A key to genera of the British Aculeates |
| Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut): http://users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons | Web Site/Page |
General Works
| BWARS (Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society) discussion group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bwars/join | E-forum |
| Edwards, R., 1997 | Provisional atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain & Ireland, Part 1 |
| Falk, S., 1991 | A review of the scarce and threatened bees, wasps and ants of Great Britain |
| Macdonald, M.A., in prep. | Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates |
| Pavett, P.M., 2005 | The aculeate hymenoptera of Horton National Nature Resevre, Gower, West Wales |
Aculeata may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
HEXAPODA (hexapods) |
INSECTA (insects) |
HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Aculeata is associated with:
There may be taxa associated with Aculeata listed at higher taxonomic level
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HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) |
Associated with Aculeata:
Aculeata may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) |
References
| Macdonald, M.A., in prep. | Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates |
| van Emden, F.I., 1954 | Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae |
