APOCRITA Gerstaecker, 1867
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Aculeata aculeates: bees, wasps and ants					Infraorder	165 subtaxa	1,583 images	199 ident. refs
CERAPHRONOIDEA a superfamily of hymenopterans					Superfamily	2 subtaxa		2 ident. refs
CHALCIDOIDEA chalcid wasps					Superfamily	69 subtaxa	160 images	92 ident. refs
CYNIPOIDEA cynipoid parasitic wasps					Superfamily	39 subtaxa	425 images	30 ident. refs
DIAPRIOIDEA a superfamily of hymenopterans					Superfamily	3 subtaxa	15 images	6 ident. refs
EVANIOIDEA ensign and pennant parasitoid wasps					Superfamily	2 subtaxa	29 images	7 ident. refs
ICHNEUMONOIDEA braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps					Superfamily	896 subtaxa	16,948 images	1,165 ident. refs
MYMAROMMATOIDEA mymarommatoid fairy flies					Superfamily	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
PLATYGASTROIDEA platygastroid parasitic wasps					Superfamily	12 subtaxa	14 images	22 ident. refs
PROCTOTRUPOIDEA proctotrupoid parasitoid wasps					Superfamily	3 subtaxa	7 images	6 ident. refs
TRIGONALOIDEA trigonaloid parasitic wasps					Superfamily	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

APOCRITA is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
Superfamily Key
	Hackston, M.		Key to British Apocrita Parasitica superfamilies	https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeyshymenoptera/Home/hymenoptera/apocrita-parasitica

APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

BioInfo

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2,146 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

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