Apocrita

Apocrita
Plectroctena sp.
Biological classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamilies
Aculeata Superfamily Apoidea Superfamily Chrysidoidea Superfamily Vespoidea Parasitica Superfamily Ceraphronoidea Superfamily Chalcidoidea Superfamily Cynipoidea Superfamily Evanioidea Superfamily Ichneumonoidea Superfamily Megalyroidea Superfamily Mymarommatoidea Superfamily Platygastroidea Superfamily Proctotrupoidea Superfamily Stephanoidea Superfamily Trigonaloidea Many families, see article

Apis dorsata from Family Apidae on Tribulus terrestris in Hyderabad, India

Apocrita is a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera, the other being Symphyta. Included in the group are the ants, bees, wasps, braconids, ichneumons, chalcids, nearly all parasitic hymenopterans, and a few other forms. The suborder includes the most highly evolved members of the order. There are well over a hundred thousand species distributed worldwide.

Extant families and superfamilies

• Suborder Apocrita
  • (unranked) Aculeata
    • Superfamily Apoidea (bees and sphecoid wasps)
      • Family Andrenidae (mason bees)
      • Family Apidae (carpenter bees, digger bees, cuckoo bees, bumble bees, orchid bees, stingless bees, and honeybees)
      • Family Colletidae (yellow-faced bees and plasterer bees)
      • Family Dasypodaidae
      • Family Halictidae ("sweat bees")
      • Family Megachilidae (leaf-cutting bees)
      • Family Meganomiidae
      • Family Melittidae
      • Family Stenotritidae
      • Family Ampulicidae (cockroach wasps)
      • Family Crabronidae (sand wasps, bee wolves, etc.)
      • Family Heterogynaidae
      • Family Sphecidae (digger wasps)
    • Superfamily Chrysidoidea
      • Family Bethylidae
      • Family Chrysididae (cuckoo wasps)
      • Family Dryinidae
      • Family Embolemidae
      • Family Plumariidae
      • Family Sclerogibbidae
      • Family Scolebythidae
    • Superfamily Vespoidea
      • Family Bradynobaenidae
      • Family Formicidae (ants)
      • Family Mutillidae (velvet ants)
      • Family Pompilidae (spider wasps)
      • Family Rhopalosomatidae
      • Family Sapygidae
      • Family Scoliidae
      • Family Sierolomorphidae
      • Family Tiphiidae
      • Family Vespidae (paper wasps, potter wasps, hornets, pollen wasps, yellowjackets)
  • (unranked) Parasitica
    • Superfamily Ceraphronoidea
      • Family Ceraphronidae
      • Family Megaspilidae
    • Superfamily Chalcidoidea
      • Family Agaonidae (fig wasps)
      • Family Aphelinidae
      • Family Chalcididae (chalcid wasps)
      • Family Encyrtidae
      • Family Eucharitidae
      • Family Eulophidae
      • Family Eupelmidae
      • Family Eurytomidae (seed chalcids)
      • Family Leucospidae
      • Family Mymaridae (fairyflies) - the smallest of all insects
      • Family Ormyridae
      • Family Perilampidae
      • Family Pteromalidae
      • Family Rotoitidae
      • Family Signiphoridae
      • Family Tanaostigmatidae
      • Family Tetracampidae
      • Family Torymidae
      • Family Trichogrammatidae
    • Superfamily Cynipoidea
      • Family Austrocynipidae
      • Family Cynipidae (gall wasps)
      • Family Figitidae
      • Family Ibaliidae
      • Family Liopteridae
    • Superfamily Evanioidea
      • Family Aulacidae
      • Family Evaniidae (ensign wasps)
      • Family Gasteruptiidae
    • Superfamily Ichneumonoidea
      • Family Braconidae
      • Family Ichneumonidae (ichneumon wasps)
    • Superfamily Megalyroidea
      • Family Megalyridae
    • Superfamily Mymarommatoidea - sometimes called Serphitoidea
      • Family Mymarommatidae
    • Superfamily Platygastroidea
      • Family Platygastridae
      • Family Scelionidae
    • Superfamily Proctotrupoidea
      • Family Austroniidae
      • Family Diapriidae
      • Family Heloridae
      • Family Maamingidae
      • Family Monomachidae
      • Family Pelecinidae
      • Family Peradeniidae
      • Family Proctorenyxidae
      • Family Proctotrupidae
      • Family Roproniidae
      • Family Vanhorniidae
    • Superfamily Stephanoidea
      • Family Stephanidae
    • Superfamily Trigonaloidea
      • Family Trigonalidae