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Superfamily | 91 subtaxa | 998 images | 76 ident. refs | ||||
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Superfamily | 12 subtaxa | 43 images | 26 ident. refs | ||||
| Superfamily | 5 ident. refs | |||||||
| Superfamily | 1 ident. refs | |||||||
| Superfamily | 3 ident. refs | |||||||
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Superfamily | 58 subtaxa | 504 images | 81 ident. refs | ||||
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Unidentified | 38 images | ||||||
| Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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| 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| Saunders, E. | 1896 | *** The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands ***(Superseded) | 391+52 platespp, L. Reeve & Co. Ltd | |
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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:
 BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 952 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
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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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