Apoidea

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Translingual

Apis mellifera

Etymology

From Apis +‎ -oidea.

Proper noun

Apoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Hymenoptera – bees and certain 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 (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

Apoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Apoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Apoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Apoidea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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