Aculeata

== Translingual == === Etymology === Latin aculeātus (“barbed, stinging”) + -ata === Proper noun === Aculeata A taxonomic infraorder within the order Hymenoptera. ==== Usage notes ==== May be treated as a clade. ==== Hypernyms ==== (infraorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita - suborder ==== Hyponyms ==== (infraorder): Chrysidoidea (jewel wasps), Apoidea (bees and sphecoid wasps), Formicoidea, Pompiloidea, Scolioidea, Tiphioidea, Thynnoidea, Vespoidea - superfamilies Vespidae (yellowjackets, paper wasps, hornets); Rhopalosomatidae; Mutillidae, Pompilidae, Tiphiidae, etc spider wasp); Scoliidae; Formicidae (ants) - selected families === References === Aculeata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Aculeata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Aculeata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons