Aculeata

See also: aculeata

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Aculeata

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
Aculeata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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