Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees
suborder of class “Insects“
1 suborder, 1 family, 1 infraorder, 20 species
The summary provides a list of different families and superfamilies within the insect order Apocrita, specifically focusing on bees, wasps, and ants. It mentions that some traditional taxa have been found to be paraphyletic on molecular analysis. The phylogenetic tree of the Apocrita is not fully resolved, but it gives an overview of the major groups within the order. The summary also provides external links for further information and images of these insect species.
Hierarchy
infraorder of suborder “Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees“
1 infraorder, 1 epifamily, 4 families, 21 species
family of suborder “Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees“
1 family, 2 species
Extant families and superfamilies#
The Apocrita contains a large number of families. Some traditional taxa such as the Parasitica (containing many families of parasitoid wasps) have been found on molecular analysis to be paraphyletic. Parasitoidism evolved once, and it is found today across most Apocritan families, though it has been secondarily lost several times. The phylogenetic tree gives a condensed overview of the phylogeny, illustrated with major groups. The sawflies are paraphyletic as the Apocrita evolved inside that group. The tree is not fully resolved.Cladogram of Apocrita after Peters et al.(2017) Suborder Apocrita Infraorder Aculeata Superfamily Apoidea (bees and sphecoid wasps) Family Ampulicidae (cockroach wasps) Family Andrenidae (mining bees) Family Apidae (carpenter bees, digger bees, cuckoo bees, bumble bees, orchid bees, stingless bees, and honeybees) Family Colletidae (yellow-faced bees and plasterer bees) Family Crabronidae (sand wasps, bee wolves, etc.) Family Halictidae (“sweat bees”) Family Heterogynaidae Family Megachilidae (leaf-cutting bees) Family Melittidae Family Stenotritidae Family Sphecidae (digger wasps) Superfamily Chrysidoidea Family Bethylidae Family Chrysididae (cuckoo wasps) Family Dryinidae Family Embolemidae Family Plumariidae Family Sclerogibbidae Family Scolebythidae Superfamily Formicoidea Family Formicidae (ants) Superfamily Pompiloidea Family Mutillidae (velvet ants) Family Myrmosidae Family Pompilidae (spider wasps) Family Sapygidae Superfamily Scolioidea Family Scoliidae Superfamily Tiphioidea Family Bradynobaenidae Family Sierolomorphidae Family Tiphiidae Superfamily Thynoidea Family Chyphotidae Family Thynnidae Superfamily Vespoidea Family Rhopalosomatidae Family Vespidae (paper wasps, potter wasps, hornets, pollen wasps, yellowjackets) Proctotrupomorpha Superfamily Chalcidoidea Family Agaonidae (fig wasps) Family Aphelinidae Family Chalcididae (chalcid wasps) Family Encyrtidae Family Eucharitidae Family Eulophidae Family Eupelmidae Family Eurytomidae (seed chalcids) Family Leucospidae Family Mymaridae (fairyflies) – the smallest of all insects Family Ormyridae Family Perilampidae Family Pteromalidae Family Rotoitidae Family Signiphoridae Family Tanaostigmatidae Family Tetracampidae Family Torymidae Family Trichogrammatidae Superfamily Cynipoidea Family Austrocynipidae Family Cynipidae (gall wasps) Family Figitidae Family Ibaliidae Family Liopteridae Superfamily Diaprioidea Family Austroniidae Family Diapriidae Family Maamingidae Family Monomachidae Superfamily Mymarommatoidea Family Mymarommatidae Superfamily Platygastroidea Family Geoscelionidae Family Janzenellidae Family Neuroscelionidae Family Nixoniidae Family Platygastridae Family †Proterosceliopsidae Family Scelionidae Family Sparasionidae Superfamily Proctotrupoidea Family Heloridae Family Pelecinidae Family Peradeniidae Family Proctorenyxidae Family Proctotrupidae Family Roproniidae Family Vanhorniidae Superfamily Stephanoidea Family Stephanidae Superfamily Trigonaloidea Family †Maimetshidae Family Trigonalidae Superfamily Ceraphronoidea Family Ceraphronidae Family Megaspilidae Superfamily Evanioidea Family Aulacidae Family Evaniidae (ensign wasps) Family Gasteruptiidae Superfamily Ichneumonoidea Family Braconidae Family Ichneumonidae (ichneumon wasps) Superfamily Megalyroidea Family Megalyridae
External links#
Suborder Apocrita – Ants, Bees and Wasps – BugGuide.Net — images and other information Tree of Life Balades Entomologiques — “entomological walks” with images (in French)
The summary provides a list of different families and superfamilies within the insect order Apocrita, specifically focusing on bees, wasps, and ants. It mentions that some traditional taxa have been found to be paraphyletic on molecular analysis. The phylogenetic tree of the Apocrita is not fully resolved, but it gives an overview of the major groups within the order. The summary also provides external links for further information and images of these insect species.
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