Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

Interactions where Aculeata is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
nest is kleptoparasitised by larva Restricted Miltogramma germari a flesh fly Diptera: Sarcophagidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Miltogramma germari/Miltogramma germaria flesh flylarva Animal / kleptoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Aculeata/Aculeataaculeates: bees, wasps and antsnestSole larva kleptoparasitises nest
nest is kleptoparasitised by larva Restricted Miltogramma punctata a flesh fly Diptera: Sarcophagidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sarcophagidae/Miltogramma punctata/Miltogramma punctataa flesh flylarva Animal / kleptoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Aculeata/Aculeataaculeates: bees, wasps and antsnestSole larva kleptoparasitises nest
larva is ectoparasitoid host of larva UK/Ireland Chrysis gracillima a rubytail wasp Hymenoptera: Chrysididae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Chrysididae/Chrysis gracillima/Chrysis gracillimaa rubytail wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / ectoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Aculeata/Aculeataaculeates: bees, wasps and antslarva larva is ectoparasitoid of larva
food store is kleptoparasitised by larva UK/Ireland Omalus puncticollis a rubytail wasp Hymenoptera: Chrysididae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Chrysididae/Omalus puncticollis/Omalus puncticollisa rubytail wasplarva Animal / kleptoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Aculeata/Aculeataaculeates: bees, wasps and antsfood store larva kleptoparasitises food store
food store is kleptoparasitised by larva UK/Ireland Pseudomalus auratus a rubytail wasp Hymenoptera: Chrysididae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Chrysididae/Pseudomalus auratus/Pseudomalus auratusa rubytail wasplarva Animal / kleptoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Aculeata/Aculeataaculeates: bees, wasps and antsfood store larva kleptoparasitises food store
nest is parasitised by UK/Ireland Trichrysis cyanea a rubytail wasp Hymenoptera: Chrysididae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Chrysididae/Trichrysis cyanea/Trichrysis cyaneaa rubytail wasp Animal / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Aculeata/Aculeataaculeates: bees, wasps and antsnest parasitises nest
nest is parasitised by UK/Ireland Myrmosa atra Black-headed Velvet Ant Hymenoptera: Mutillidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Mutillidae/Myrmosa atra/Myrmosa atrablack-headed velvet ant Animal / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Aculeata/Aculeataaculeates: bees, wasps and antsnest parasitises nest
food store is kleptoparasitised by larva UK/Ireland Smicromyrme rufipes Small Velvet Ant Hymenoptera: Mutillidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Mutillidae/Smicromyrme rufipes/Smicromyrme rufipessmall velvet antlarva Animal / kleptoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Aculeata/Aculeataaculeates: bees, wasps and antsfood store larva kleptoparasitises food store

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and CalliphoridaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Superfamily 282 subtaxa 557 trophisms 114 references
Superfamily 68 subtaxa 85 trophisms 28 references
Superfamily 6 trophisms 7 references
Superfamily 2 references
Superfamily 4 references
Superfamily 96 subtaxa 296 trophisms 125 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. BWARS: Species Accounts www.bwars.com/index.php?q=species_gallery
Edkins, K. Photos of Insects www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/insects/index.htm
Falk, S. Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants and relatives) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629294459686/
Saunders, E. 1896 *** The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands ***(Superseded) 391+52 platespp, L. Reeve & Co. Ltd
Willmer, P. 1985 Bees, Ants and Wasps: A key to genera of the British Aculeates AIDGAP, 7, 27pp, Field Studies Council
Wuilbaut, J.J. Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut) users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons

Regional Guides

Baldock, D.W. 2008 Bees of Surrey 303pp

Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. BWARS (Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society) discussion group
Anon. BWARS: Bees, Wasps & Ants Recording Society www.bwars.com/
Anon. BWARS members handbook
Archer, M.E. 2001 British solitary wasps and bees with special reference to species assemblages
Barnes, N. The Best Bee Plants bestbeeplants.blogspot.co.uk/
Dean, R. 2010 Information Sheet 13: Bee Hotels
Edwards, R. & Broad, G. 2006 Provisional atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain & Ireland, Part 6 Biological Records Centre
Edwards, R. & Broad, G. 2005 Provisional atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain & Ireland, Part 5 148pp, Biological Records Centre
Edwards, R. & Telfer, M. 2002 Provisional atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain & Ireland, Part 4 140pp, Biological Records Centre
Edwards, R. & Telfer, M. 2001 Provisional atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain & Ireland, Part 3 145pp, Biological Records Centre
Edwards, R. 1998 Provisional atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain & Ireland, Part 2 138pp, Biological Records Centre
Edwards, R. 1997 Provisional atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain & Ireland, Part 1 139pp, Biological Records Centre
Else G., Bolton B. & Broad G. 2016 Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - aculeates (Apoidea, Chrysidoidea and Vespoidea) Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e8050.
Falk, S. 1991 A review of the scarce and threatened bees, wasps and ants of Great Britain Research and survey in Nature Conservation, No. 35
Harris, R. A glossary of Surface Sculpturing antbase.org/ants/publications/harris1979.html
Macdonald, M.A. 2007 Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Nowakowski, M. & Pywell, R. Habitat creation and management for pollinators 47pp
Pavett, P.M. 2005 The aculeate hymenoptera of Horton National Nature Reserve, Gower, West Wales Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 18: 213-217.

Journals

Sphecos

National Quality Scoring System

Archer, M.E. 1995 Aculeate wasps and bees (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of Blaxton Common in Watsonian Yorkshire with the introduction of a new National Quality Scoring System. The Naturalist 120: 21-29.

Newsletters

BWARS BWARS Newsletter Published for/by:BWARS

Phylogenys

Brothers, D.J. 1998 Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea) Zoologica Scripta Vol 28: 233-249.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 1,583 images of Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

Aculeates are a difficult group to identitify, even from specimens, but these are usually needed for certain identification, at least until you’re reasonably expert with the group.

Aculeates tend become rigid on death. To get relaxed specimens for setting, kill in the freezer then leave overnight.

Specimens should be set with the legs pulled down away from the body to facilitate examination of the sides of the thorax. Try to ensure the leading edges of the hindwings are hooked onto the trailing edges of the forewings, as they are in life. The wings can be left in the vertical position, or positioned so they are flat, but should not be allowed to obscure the upper surface of the abdomen. Ideally, the jaws should be held open as the number of teeth is often important.

Like Calyptrate flies, Aculeates tend become rigid on death. To get relaxed specimens for posing for focus-stacked photography, kill in the freezer then leave overnight.

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