Aculeata

See also: aculeata

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Aculeata

1. A taxonomic infraorder within the order Hymenoptera.

Usage notes

• May be treated as a clade.

Hypernyms

• (infraorder): 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

• (infraorder): Chrysidoidea (jewel wasps), Apoidea (bees and sphecoid wasps), Formicoidea, Pompiloidea, Scolioidea, Tiphioidea, Thynnoidea, Vespoidea - superfamilies
  • Vespidae (yellowjackets, paper wasps, hornets); Rhopalosomatidae; Mutillidae, Pompilidae, Tiphiidae, etc spider wasp); Scoliidae; Formicidae (ants) - selected families

References

• Aculeata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aculeata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Aculeata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons