Apoidea

Xylocopa violacea.

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Cladus: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Apoidea
Familiae (10 + 2†): Ampulicidae - Andrenidae - Apidae - Colletidae - Crabronidae - Halictidae - Heterogynaidae - Sphecidae - Megachilidae - Melittidae - †Angarosphecidae - †Paleomelittidae

Name

• Apoidea Latreille, 1802

Synonyms

• Sphecoidea Latreille, 1802

References

• Eardley, C.; Urban, R. 2010: Catalogue of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes). Zootaxa, 2455: 1–548. Preview
• Engel, M.S. 2001: A monograph of the Baltic amber bees and evolution of the Apoidea (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (259) ISSN: 0003-0090 doi: 10.1206/0003-0090(2001)259<0001:AMOTBA>2.0.CO;2 PDF
• Engel, M.S. 2005: Family-group names for bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). American Museum Novitates, 3476: 1-33. PDF
• Engel, M.S. 2011: Systematic melittology: where to from here? Systematic entomology, 36(1): 2–15. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00544.x
• Howlett, B.G.; Donovan, B.J. 2010: A review of New Zealand's deliberately introduced bee fauna: current status and potential impacts. New Zealand entomologist, 33: 92-101.
• Michener, C.D. 2000: The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Montalva, J.; Ruz, L. 2010: Updated systematic list of the Chilean bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Revista chilena de entomología, 35: 15-52. PDF
• Pulawski, W.J. 2003-2006. Sphecidae (s.l.): Family-Group Names and Classification. California Academy of Sciences[1]

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Impen
Deutsch: Bienen
English: Bee
français: Abeille
日本語: ミツバチ上科 or ハナバチ上科
Türkçe: Arı

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