Superfamily
Apoidea (Bees and apoid wasps)
Osmia lignaria propinqua. Photo: (c) Steve Wells, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The superfamily Apoidea is a major group within the Hymenoptera, which includes two traditionally recognized lineages, the “sphecoid” wasps, and the bees. Molecular phylogeny demonstrates that the bees arose from within the Crabronidae, so that grouping is paraphyletic.
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
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Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)