APOIDEA Latreille, 1802
(solitary and hive bees)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
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No of
ID refs
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Family 9 subtaxa 112 images 6 ident. refs
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Family 33 subtaxa 395 images 26 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Family 3 subtaxa 51 images 7 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Family 15 subtaxa 152 images 4 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Family 13 subtaxa 202 images 7 ident. refs
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Family 14 subtaxa 70 images 10 ident. refs
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Family 1 subtaxa 4 images
Family 1 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Family 2 subtaxa 12 images 9 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Baker, E. (moderator) Identification key to the European genera of bees (Insecta:Apoidea) alarm.myspecies.info/content/identification-european-bee-genera
Else, G.R. & Edwards, M. 2018 Handbook of the Bees of the British Isles 2 vols, 775pp, The Ray Society, London
Falk, S. Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants and relatives) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629294459686/
() Falk, S.J. 2015 Field guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland British Willdife Field Guides, 432pp, Bloomsbury Books
Wallays, H. "Intruiged by nature" Photography intruigingnature.photodeck.com/
Williams, R. & Edwards, M. 2012 An Introduction to Bees in Britain

Genus Key

Williams, R. & Edwards, M. 2012 An Introduction to Bees in Britain

APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 557 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
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