APOIDEA Latreille, 1802
(solitary and hive bees)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
ANDRENIDAE a family of solitary bees	Family	9 subtaxa	112 images	6 ident. refs
APIDAE bees	Family	33 subtaxa	395 images	26 ident. refs
COLLETIDAE plasterer and yellow-faced bees	Family	3 subtaxa	51 images	7 ident. refs
CRABRONIDAE a family of solitary wasps	Family	15 subtaxa	152 images	4 ident. refs
HALICTIDAE a family of solitary bees	Family	13 subtaxa	202 images	7 ident. refs
MEGACHILIDAE a family of solitary bees	Family	14 subtaxa	70 images	10 ident. refs
MELITTIDAE a family of solitary bees	Family	1 subtaxa	4 images
SCOLIIDAE scoliid wasps	Family			1 ident. refs
SPHECIDAE a family of solitary wasps	Family	2 subtaxa	12 images	9 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

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)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Baker, E. (moderator)		Identification key to the European genera of bees (Insecta:Apoidea)	alarm.myspecies.info/content/identification-european-bee-genera
	Else, G.R. & Edwards, M.	2018	Handbook of the Bees of the British Isles	2 vols, 775pp, The Ray Society, London
	Falk, S.		Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants and relatives)	www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629294459686/
()	Falk, S.J.	2015	Field guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland	British Willdife Field Guides, 432pp, Bloomsbury Books
	Wallays, H.		"Intruiged by nature" Photography	intruigingnature.photodeck.com/
	Williams, R. & Edwards, M.	2012	An Introduction to Bees in Britain
Genus Key
	Williams, R. & Edwards, M.	2012	An Introduction to Bees in Britain

APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 557 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for APOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

APOIDEA is also a member of:

Identification Works

Genus Key

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)