Aculeata
See also: aculeata
Translingual
Etymology
Latin aculeātus (“barbed, stinging”) + -ata
Proper noun
Aculeata
- A taxonomic infraorder within the order Hymenoptera.
Usage notes
- May be treated as a clade.
Hypernyms
- (infraorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita - suborder
Hyponyms
- (infraorder): Chrysidoidea (jewel wasps), Apoidea (bees and sphecoid wasps), Formicoidea, Pompiloidea, Scolioidea, Tiphioidea, Thynnoidea, Vespoidea - superfamilies
- Vespidae (yellowjackets, paper wasps, hornets); Rhopalosomatidae; Mutillidae, Pompilidae, Tiphiidae, etc spider wasp); Scoliidae; Formicidae (ants) - selected families
References
- Aculeata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Aculeata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Aculeata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons