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Chapter Outline- Description of Insecta
- Classification of Insecta
- Archaeognatha & Zygentoma
- Pterygota
- Neoptera
- Dictyoptera
- Orthoptera
- Paraneoptera
- Endopterygota
- Diptera
- Hymenoptera
- Lepidoptera and Trichoptera
- Coleoptera
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Though this page is named "Hymenoptera", which is the name of the large order of ants, bees and wasps, it also contains another order that is closely tied to Hymenoptera: Strepsiptera. Strepsioptera is the order of twisted-wing parasites. These tiny insects are parasites of wasps and other Hymenopterans so they are included here.
Hymenoptera is the order containing ants, bees, wasps, etc. As of 2024, 5,083 species of Hymenoptera have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 18,088 throughout the world. - SUBORDER APOCRITA
- INFRAORDER ACULEATA
- SUPERFAMILY APOIDEA
- ANTHOPHILA
- FAMILY APIDAE
- Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera) - most iNat observations in the US for Hymenoptera. Introduced.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens) - second-most iNat observations in the US for Hymenoptera
- Bumble Bee (Bombus sp.) - 6 (Konza), Perry Lake, KS
- Sunflower Chimney Bee (Diadasia enavata) - 4 (Comanche NG)
- Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)
- FAMILY ANDRENIDAE
- Sunflower Mining Bee (Andrena helianthi) - Kansas
- FAMILY HALICTIDAE
- Furrow Bee (Halictus) - Perry Lake, KS
- Wasp/Bee - 6 (RMNP)
- SUPERFAMILY CHRYSIDOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY FORMICOIDEA
- FAMILY FORMICIDAE
- Eastern Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) - most iNat observations in the US for ants
- American Carpenter Ant (Camponotus americanus) - Perry Lake, KS
- Ants (Novomessor cockerelli) - Palo Duro Canyon, TX
- SUPERFAMILY POMPILOIDEA
- FAMILY MUTILLIDAE
- Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla vestita) - 4 (Comanche NG)
- SUPERFAMILY SCOLIOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY THYNNOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY TIPHIOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY VESPOIDEA
- FAMILY VESPIDAE
- Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus) - 6 (Quivira NWR)
- INFRAORDER PROCTOTRUPOMORPHA
- SUPERFAMILY CHALCIDOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY CYNIPOIDEA
- FAMILY CYNIPIDAE
- Oak Gall Wasp (Amphibolips) - Prairie Garden Trust, MO
- Apical Rosinweed Gall Wasp (Antistrophus silphii) - 6 (Tallgrass Prairie)
- SUPERFAMILY DIAPRIOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY MYMAROMMATOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY PLATYGASTROIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY PROCTOTRUPOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY CERAPHRONOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY EVANIOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY ICHNEUMONOIDEA
- FAMILY ICHNEUMONIDAE
- Subfamily Ophioninae - Short-Tailed Ichneumonid Wasp - Perry Lake, KS
- SUPERFAMILY MEGALYROIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY STEPHANOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY TRIGONALOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY CEPHOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY ORUSSOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY PAMPHILIOIDEA
- Web-Spinning and Leaf-Rolling Sawflies
- SUPERFAMILY SIRICOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY TENTHREDINOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY XIPHYDRIOIDEA
- SUPERFAMILY XYELOIDEA
Strepsiptera is the order of Twisted-Wing Parasites. As of 2024, 12 species of Strepsiptera have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 30 throughout the world. - FAMILY
- Xenos peckii - most iNat observations in the US for Strepsiptera
- Eupathocera
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