ANDRENIDAE Latreille, 1802
(a family of solitary bees)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Andrena
mining bees
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 		Genus 8 subtaxa 99 images 6 ident. refs
Panurgus calcaratus
Small Shaggy Bee
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 		Species 13 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyANDRENIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
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)

ANDRENIDAE (a family of solitary bees) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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