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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps

Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps

Classification · Identification
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps
Identification
OVERVIEW OF FAMILIES

Unranked Taxon Anthophila (Apoidea) – Bees

Family Andrenidae - Mining Bees
♀      ♂      ♀      ♂     
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Family Apidae - Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees
♀      ♀      ♀      ♀     

♂      ♀     ♀     ♂     
♀      ♀      ♀      ♂

Family Colletidae - Plasterer Bees, Masked or Yellow-faced Bees
♀      ♀      ♀      ♂

Family Halictidae - Sweat Bees
♀      ♀      ♂      ♂      ♂
♀      ♀      ♀     


Family Megachilidae - Leaf-cutter bees, Mason Bees, and allies



Family Melittidae - Melittid Bees


No Taxon Apoid Wasps (Apoidea) - traditional Sphecidae

Ampulicidae - Cockroach wasps


Crabronidae


Sphecidae - Thread waisted wasps


Superfamily Chrysidoidea - Cuckoo Wasps and Allies

Bethylidae


Family Chrysididae - Cuckoo Wasps


Dryinidae - Dryinids


Superfamily Vespoidea

Family Bradynobaenidae - Bradynobaenid Wasps


Family Formicidae - Ants


Family Mutillidae – Velvet Ants
♀      ♂

Family Myrmosidae
♀      ♂

Family Pompilidae – Spider Wasps

Family Rhopalosomatidae - Rhopalosomatid Wasps


Family Sapygidae - Sapygid Wasps


Family Scoliidae - Scoliid Wasps


Family Sierolomorphidae - Sierolomorphid Wasps


Family Tiphiidae - Tiphiid Wasps


Family Vespidae - Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 11 June, 2007 - 7:19am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, ceiseman
Last updated 25 June, 2010 - 8:22am

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