Checklist of Infraorder Aculeata Latreille, 1802 (Stinging wasps)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 434
4744
11078 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 432
4729
11035 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 411
4620
10820 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 261
3767
9372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 51
599
1880 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 49
593
1866 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 23
378
1610 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Namibia
23 Families width 1610 Species and 78 Subspecies
| Ampulicidae Shuckard, 1840 | Ampulicid wasps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Andrenidae Webster, 1913 | Andrenid bees | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Apidae Latreille, 1802 | Bumble bees | 142 | Species | Taxom | | Bethylidae Halliday, 1839 | Bethylid wasps | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Bradynobaenidae Saussure, 1892 | Bradynobaenid wasps | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysididae Latreille, 1802 | Chrysidid wasps | 36 | Species | Taxom | | Colletidae Lepeletier, 1841 | Colletid bees | 39 | Species | Taxom | | Crabronidae Latreille, 1802 | Bee Wolves | 299 | Species | Taxom | | Dryinidae Haliday, 1840 | Dryinid wasps | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Formicidae Latreille, 1809 | Ant | 214 | Species | Taxom | | Halictidae Thomson, 1869 | Flower bees | 153 | Species | Taxom | | Megachilidae Schenk, 1860 | And Resin Bees | 233 | Species | Taxom | | Melittidae Schenk, 1860 | Melittid bees | 26 | Species | Taxom | | Mutillidae André, 1907 | Cow ant | 35 | Species | Taxom | | Plumariidae Bischoff, 1914 | Plumariid wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pompilidae Latreille, 1805 | Pompilid wasps | 75 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalosomatidae Ashmead, 1896 | Rhopalosomatid wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sclerogibbidae Ashmead, 1902 | Sclerogibbid wasp | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Scoliidae Leach, 1815 | Mammoth wasps | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 | Digger & Sand wasps | 34 | Species | Taxom | | Thynnidae Shuckard, 1841 | Thynnid Wasps | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Tiphiidae Leach, 1815 | Flower wasps | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Vespidae Leach, 1815 | And Allies | 210 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Aculeata with occurrences in Namibia | Superfamily | Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees, Sphecoid wasps | 9
172
939 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Chrysidoidea
Latreille, 1802
Chrysidoid wasps, Cuckoo wasps, Cuckoo Wasps and Allies | 5
31
78 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
48
214 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Thynnoidea
Pilgrim & al., 2008
| 1
1
0 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Tiphioidea
Parker, 1982
| 1
5
23 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps, Potter Wasps, Social wasps, Spider wasps, Velvet ants, Vespoid wasps, Yellowjackets | 6
121
356 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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