COLLETIDAE Lepeletier, 1841
(plasterer and yellow-faced bees)

Subtaxon		Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
COLLETINAE a subfamily of hymenopterans		Subfamily	2 subtaxa	41 images	4 ident. refs
	Colletes plasterer bees	Genus	2 subtaxa	41 images	4 ident. refs
Hylaeus yellow-face bees		Genus	1 subtaxa	10 images	3 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	COLLETIDAE (plasterer and yellow-faced bees)
Superfamily	APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
Infraorder	Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

COLLETIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

COLLETIDAE (plasterer and yellow-faced bees) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for COLLETIDAE (plasterer and yellow-faced bees)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 13 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for COLLETIDAE (plasterer and yellow-faced bees)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

COLLETIDAE is also a member of:

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