Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees
Apocrita
The Apocrita are a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera. It includes wasps, bees, and ants, and consists of many families. It contains the most advanced hymenopterans and is distinguished from Symphyta by the narrow "waist" (petiole) formed between the first two segments of the actual abdomen; the first abdominal segment is fused to the thorax, and is called the propodeum. Therefore, it is general practice, when discussing the body of an apocritan in a...
8 branches of this suborder, most-observed first
Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps
infraorderAculeata
Ichneumonid and Braconid Wasps
superfamilyIchneumonoidea
Proctotrupomorpha
infraorderProctotrupomorpha
Aulacid, Carrot, and Ensign Wasps
superfamilyEvanioidea
Ceraphronoidea
superfamilyCeraphronoidea
Stephanoidea
superfamilyStephanoidea
Trigonaloidea
superfamilyTrigonaloidea
Megalyroidea
superfamilyMegalyroidea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 124417.