Hymenopteran Families
Order Hymenoptera
Suborder = Symphyta
Suborder = Apocrita
Superfamily = Trigonaloidea
Family = Trigonalidae
Superfamily = Ichneumonoidea
Family = Ichneumonidae
Family = Braconidae
Family = Stephanidae
Family = Megalyridae
Superfamily = Evanioidea
Family = Evaniidae about 500 species (see Evaniidae Research for more info)
Family = Aulacidea
Family = Gasteruptiidae
Superfamily = Cynipoidea
Family = Cynipidae
Family = Figitidae
Family = Ibaliidae
Family = Liopteridae
Superfamily = Chalcidoidea
Family = Agaonidae
Family = Chalcididae
Family = Eurytomidae
Family = Perilampidae
Family = Eucharitidae
Family = Pteromalidae
Family = Encyrtidae
Family = Eulophidae
Family = Trichogrammatidae
Family = Elasmidae
Family = Mymaridae
Superfamily = Proctotrupoidea
Family = Pelecinidae
Family = Proctotrupidae
Family = Diapriidae
Family = Vanhorniidae
Family = Heloridae
Family = Roproniidae
Superfamily = Scelionoidea
Family = Scelionidae
Family = Platygasteridae
Superfamily = Ceraphronoidea
Family = Ceraphronidae
Superfamily = Bethyloidea
Family = Loboscelidiidae
Family = Sclerogibbidae
Family = Dryinidae
Family = Embolemidae
Family = Bethylidae
Family = Chrysididae
Superfamily = Scolioidea
Family = Scoliidae
Family = Tiphiidae
Family = Mutillidae (Velvet Ants)
Family = Sapygidae
Family = Formicidae (Ants)
Superfamily = Pompiloidea
Family = Pompilidae
Family = Rhopalosomatidae
Superfamily = Vespoidae
Family = Eumenidae
Family = Vespidae (Includes the Social Wasps)
Family = Masaridae
Superfamily = Sphecoidea
Family = Sphecidae
Superfamily = Apoidea
Family = Colletidae
Family = Halictidae
Family = Andrenidae
Family = Stenotritidae
Family = Melittidae
Family = Megachilidae
Family = Xylocopidae
Family = Dasypodidae
Family = Meganomidae
Family = Apidae (Honey Bees and relatives including all the Social species)
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