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Aculeata

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)179785https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=179785
Rankunranked clade (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Aculeata
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
orderHymenopteraLinnaeus 1758
-UnicalcaridaSchulmeister et al. 2002
suborderVespina
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
-Aculeata
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aculeataunranked cladebelongs to Apocritastated without evidenceBrothers, 1999
Aculeataunranked cladebelongs to Vespoidesstated with evidenceHeraty et al., 2011
Aculeataunranked cladebelongs to Apocritastated with evidenceSharkey et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2,317
Extant Size (PBDB)507 (22%)
First Recorded Appearance145 - 140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Apoidea
superfamily		listed (PBDB)Apoid Wasp530145 Ma
Late Jurassic		0 Ma
Extant
Chrysidoidea
superfamily		listed (PBDB)298130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		0 Ma
Extant
Pompiloidea
superfamily		listed (PBDB)52125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		0 Ma
Extant
Scolioidea
superfamily		listed (PBDB)25130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		0 Ma
Extant
Thynnoidea
superfamily		listed (PBDB)11122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		0 Ma
Extant
Tiphioidea
superfamily		listed (PBDB)193.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		0 Ma
Extant
Vespoidea
superfamily		listed (PBDB)1,942125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		0 Ma
Extant
Stigmaphronidae ✝
family		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		27130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cretopone ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		193.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dolichomyrma ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		293.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Khetania ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		193.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mesosirex ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Petropone ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		193.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Prosphex ✝
genus		listed (PBDB)199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1802Aculeati Latreille p. 330
1856Bombus pusillus Menge p. 27
1999Aculeata Brothers p. 233
2011Aculeata Heraty et al.
2012Aculeata Sharkey et al.

References

Latreille P. A. , Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième, 1-467
Brothers D. J. (1999) Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea), Zoologica Scripta 28 1-2, 233-249 doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00003.
Heraty J., Ronquist F., et al (2011) Evolution of the hymenopteran megaradiation, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 60, 73-88
Sharkey M. J., Carpenter J. M., et al (2012) Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera, Cladistics 28, 80-112
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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