Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Hymenoptera

Current position

Aculeata ([unranked]) Latreille, 1802

Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 431.

Alternative positions

Aculeata (Series) Latreille, 1802	Ref: S.P. Parker, 1982
Aculeata (Infraorder) Latreille, 1802	Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1979-1984 [assumed]
Apocrita (Suborder) Gerstaecker, 1867	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 451.
Hymenoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: N.F. Johnson & L. Musetti, 2008-2009: 21 May 2009.

Historical positions

Aculeata ([unranked]) Latreille, 1802	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 451.
Hymenoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: J.L. Nieves-Aldrey & F.M. Fontal-Cazalla, 1999
Aculeata (Series) Latreille, 1802	Ref: G.C. Eickwort, 1982: 677-678.
Aculeata (Infraorder) Latreille, 1802	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	10f;566g;178s;11ss; †2f;16g;3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[10f];~30,000s; †[2f]
2005	M.S. Engel	[10f; †2f]
2005	D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel: 451	[10f];~30,000s; †[2f]
2001	M.S. Engel	[10f; †2f]
1999	J.L. Nieves-Aldrey & F.M. Fontal-Cazalla	[2f;28,000s]
1982	G.C. Eickwort	8f;>400g;20,000s