Apoidea
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Apoidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Hymenoptera – the bees and some wasps.
Usage notes edit
- Wasps in this group were previously collected in the now obsolete superfamily Sphecoidea (synonymous with the series Spheciformes), which grouping is, however, paraphyletic. Bees are now thought to have descended from wasps from the family Crabronidae.
Hypernyms edit
- (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita - suborder
Hyponyms edit
- (superfamily): Ampulicidae (cockroach wasps), Andrenidae (mining bees), Apidae (many bees, including honey bees), Colletidae (masked bees, miner bees and plasterer bees), Crabronidae (some wasps), Halictidae (sweat bees), Heterogynaidae (certain wasps), Megachilidae, Melittidae, Sphecidae (thread-waisted wasps), Stenotritidae (now subfamily Stenotritinae in Colletidae) (families)
- †Angarosphecidae, †Paleomelittidae (extinct families)
References edit
Apoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Apoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Apoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Apoidea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
