NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Superfamily

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2017

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Infraorder - Aculeata
  Suborder - Apocrita
  Order - Hymenoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Sphecidae
      Family - Colletidae
      Family - Halictidae
      Family - Andrenidae
      Family - Melittidae
      Family - Megachilidae
      Family - Apidae
      Family - Stenotritidae
      Family - Angarosphecidae
      Family - Ampulicidae
      Family - Crabronidae
      Family - Heterogynaidae
      Family - Paleomelittidae