ADW: Apoidea: CLASSIFICATION

Apoidea

KingdomAnimaliaanimals
- Eumetazoametazoans
  - Bilateriabilaterally symmetrical animals
    - Protostomiaprotostomes
      - Ecdysozoa
        Arthropodaarthropods
        Hexapoda
        ClassInsectainsects
        OrderHymenoptera
        SuperfamilyApoidea
        FamilyAmpulicidaeampulicid wasps, cockroach wasps
        FamilyAndrenidaeandrenid bees, andrenids
        FamilyApidaebumble bees, euglossine, euglossines, honey bees, stingless bees
        FamilyColletidaecolletid bees, plasterer bees, yellow-faced bees
        FamilyCrabronidaecicadakillers, crabronid wasps, mud daubers, sand wasps
        FamilyHalictidaehalictid bees, sweat bees
        FamilyHeterogynaidae
        FamilyMegachilidaeleafcutting bees
        FamilyMelittidaemelittid bees, melittids
        FamilySphecidaedigger wasps, mud daubers, sand wasps, sphecid wasps
        FamilyStenotritidaestenotritid bees, stenotritids

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KingdomAnimaliaanimals
ClassInsectainsects
OrderHymenoptera
SuperfamilyApoidea

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2025. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at https://animaldiversity.org.

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