Infraorder

Aculeata (Ants, bees, and stinging wasps)

Bombus mixtus. Photo: (c) Steven Arntson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Aculeata is a subclade of Hymenoptera. The name is a reference to the defining feature of the group, which is the modification of the ovipositor into a stinger (thus, the group could be called “stinging wasps”, though the group also contains the ants and the bees). In other words, the structure that was originally used to lay eggs is modified instead to deliver venom. Not all members of the group can sting; a great many cannot,…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
        Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
        Infraorder: Aculeata (Ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
        Superfamily: Vespoidea (Vespoid wasps) (10)
        Superfamily: Formicoidea (16)
        Superfamily: Apoidea (Bees and apoid wasps) (56)
        Superfamily: Pompiloidea (Spider wasps, velvet ants, and allies) (6)

Subtaxa

Superfamily: Vespoidea (Vespoid wasps)

Superfamily: Formicoidea

Superfamily: Apoidea (Bees and apoid wasps)

Superfamily: Pompiloidea (Spider wasps, velvet ants, and allies)

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