Apoidea
Translingual
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Etymology
Proper noun
Apoidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Hymenoptera – the bees and some wasps.
Usage notes
- 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
- (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
- (superfamily): Ampulicidae (cockroach wasps), Andrenidae, Apidae (many bees, including honey bees), Colletidae (masked bees, miner bees and plasterer bees), Crabronidae (some wasps), Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (sweat bees), Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (certain wasps), Megachilidae, Melittidae, Sphecidae (thread-waisted wasps), Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (families)
References
Apoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Apoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Apoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Apoidea at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Apoidea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.