Checklist for Infraorder Aculeata Latreille, 1802 (Stinging wasps)
and region Southern Africa (Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 754
15371
60267 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 750
15333
60124 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 715
15096
59373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 442
12146
51799 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 76
1935
9284 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 68
1895
9174 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 27
759
6196 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Southern Africa
27 Families width 6196 Species and 402 Subspecies #ABCDEFHMPRSTV
| Ampulicidae Shuckard, 1840 | Ampulicid wasps | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Andrenidae Webster, 1913 | Andrenid bees | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Anthophoridae (C. L. Koch, 1846) | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Apidae Latreille, 1802 | Bumble bees | 461 | Species | Taxom | | Bethylidae Halliday, 1839 | Bethylid wasps | 103 | Species | Taxom | | Bradynobaenidae Saussure, 1892 | Bradynobaenid wasps | 44 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysididae Latreille, 1802 | Chrysidid wasps | 275 | Species | Taxom | | Colletidae Lepeletier, 1841 | Colletid bees | 254 | Species | Taxom | | Crabronidae Latreille, 1802 | Bee Wolves | 728 | Species | Taxom | | Dryinidae Haliday, 1840 | Dryinid wasps | 199 | Species | Taxom | | Embolemidae Förster, 1856 | Embolemid wasps | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Formicidae Latreille, 1809 | Ants | 959 | Species | Taxom | | Halictidae Thomson, 1869 | Flower bees | 613 | Species | Taxom | | Megachilidae Schenk, 1860 | And Resin Bees | 707 | Species | Taxom | | Melittidae Schenk, 1860 | Melittid bees | 103 | Species | Taxom | | Mutillidae André, 1907 | Cow ant | 320 | Species | Taxom | | Plumariidae Bischoff, 1914 | Plumariid wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pompilidae Latreille, 1805 | Pompilid wasps | 482 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalosomatidae Ashmead, 1896 | Rhopalosomatid wasps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sapygidae Latreille, 1810 | Club-horned wasps | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Sclerogibbidae Ashmead, 1902 | Sclerogibbid wasp | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Scolebythidae Evans, 1963 | Scolebythid wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scoliidae Leach, 1815 | Mammoth wasps | 54 | Species | Taxom | | Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 | Digger & Sand wasps | 74 | Species | Taxom | | Thynnidae Shuckard, 1841 | Thynnid Wasps | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tiphiidae Leach, 1815 | Flower wasps | 78 | Species | Taxom | | Vespidae Leach, 1815 | And Allies | 664 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Aculeata with occurrences in Southern Africa | Superfamily | Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees, Sphecoid wasps | 10
280
2988 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Chrysidoidea
Latreille, 1802
Chrysidoid wasps, Cuckoo wasps, Cuckoo Wasps and Allies | 7
89
594 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
122
959 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Thynnoidea
Pilgrim & al., 2008
| 1
3
4 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Tiphioidea
Parker, 1982
| 1
10
78 | 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 | 7
255
1573 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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