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

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Female (Click to open)
Infraorder 165 subtaxa 1,583 images 199 ident. refs
Superfamily 2 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Superfamily 3 subtaxa 15 images 6 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Infraorder 1,008 subtaxa 16,657 images 1,279 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

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

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