Insect Taxonomy
Bees, Ants, and Wasps by Picture
This taxonomy is based on the ITIS Hierarchical Report, which is managed by government agencies in the US, Canada, and Mexico, with input from other sources.
Order: Hymenoptera (ants, bees, and wasps)
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Apoidea (bees, sphecoid wasps, apoid wasps)
Family:Apidae
Subfamily: Apinae
Tribe: Apini
Tribe: Eucerini
Subfamily: Xylocopinae
Tribe: Xylocopini
- Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)
- Horsefly-like Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa tabaniformis)
- Southern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa micans)
Family: Crabronidae (crabronid wasps, cicadakillers, sand wasps, mud daubers)
Subfamily: Crabroninae
Tribe: Larrini
Subtribe: Larrina
Family: Megachilidae (leafcutting bees)
Subfamily: Megachilinae
Tribe: Osmiini
Family: Sphecidae (mud daubers, sphecid wasps, digger wasps, sand wasps)
Subfamily: Sceliphrinae
Tribe: Sceliphrini
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family:Formicidae (ants)
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Brachymyrmecini
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Pheidolini
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Family: Vespidae (hornets, paper wasps, potter wasps, yellowjackets)
Subfamily: Eumeninae (Potter and Mason Wasps)
- Ancistrocerus tuberculocephalus
- Potter Wasp (Eumenes fraternus)
- Red and Black Mason Wasp (Pachodynerus erynnis)
- Euodynerus bidens
Subfamily: Polistinae (Paper Wasps)
Tribe: Polistini
- Metricus Paper Wasp (Polistes metricus)
- Polistes instabillis
- A paper wasp (Polistes sp.)
- Apache Wasp (Polistes apachus)
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