HYMENOPTERA Linnaeus, 1758
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
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No of
ID refs
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Suborder 1,178 subtaxa 18,255 images 1,486 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Suborder 140 subtaxa 945 images 125 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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
Anon. Atlas Hymenoptera zoologie.umh.ac.be/hymenoptera/galerie/ExploreDB.aspx
Sauer, F. 1985 Bienen, Wespen und Verwandte Sauers Natuführer, 113pp, Fauna-Verlag
Williams, R. British Hymenoptera, Glossary for use with identification keys Vanellus Publications
Zahradík, J. & Severa, F. (illust.) 1991 A Field Guide in Colour to Bees and wasps English edition edition, 192pp, Blitz

Dung

Skidmore, P. 1991 Insects of the British Cow-Dung Community AIDGAP Keys: Occasional Publication, No 21, 166pp, Field Studies Council

Family Keys

Gauld, I. & Bolton, B. (eds) 1988 The Hymenoptera 332pp, British Museum (Natural History)
Goulet, H & Huber, J.T., eds 1993 Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families 668pp, Canadian Department of Agriculture
Richards, O.W. 1977 Hymenoptera: Introduction and Keys to Families (ed 2) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VI. Part 1, 2nd edition edition, 100pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Richards, O.W. 1956 *** Hymenoptera: Introduction and Keys to Families (ed 1) ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VI. Part 1, 1st edition edition, 94pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

On Docks

Salt, D.T. & Whittaker, J.B. 1998 Insects on dock plants 56pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Plant Galls

() Redfern, M. & Shirley, P. 2011 British Plant Galls AIDGAP Keys, Second edition, 432pp, Field Studies Council
() Redfern, M. & Shirley, P. 2002 *** British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi ***(Superseded) AIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
() Stubbs, F.B. (Editor) 1986 *** Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls ***(Superseded) 95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Regional/Russian Far East

Anon 2007 Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera Key to the insects of Russian Far East, Vol IV, Pt 5, 430pp

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3,231 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
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