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Hymenoptera Families of the World

The classification used below follows, with adjustments by R. R. Snelling: Goulet, H. & J. T. Huber (Eds.). 1993. Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch IV. Series, vii + 668 pp.

                                                    The family names in [brackets] do not have species that occur in North America.

SYMPHYTA

Superfamily CEPHOIDEA
  1. CEPHIDAE

Superfamily MEGALODONTOIDEA
  2. MEGALODONTIDAE
  3. PAMPHILIDAE

Superfamily ORUSSOIDEA
  4. ORUSSIDAE

Superfamily SIRICOIDEA
  5. SIRICIDAE

Superfamily TENTHREDINOIDEA
  6. ARGIDAE
  7. [BASTICOTOMIDAE]
  8. CIMBICIDAE
  9. DIPRIONIDAE
10. PERGIDAE
11. TENTHREDINIDAE

Superfamily XYELOIDEA
12. XYELIDAE
13. ANAXYELIDAE
14. XIPHYDRIIDAE

APOCRITA (ACULEATA)

Superfamily CHRYSIDOIDEA
15. [PLUMARIIDAE]
16. [SCOLEBYTHIDAE]
17. BETHYLIDAE
18. CHRYSIDIDAE
19. SCLEROGIBBIDAE
20. DRYINIDAE
21. EMBOLEMIDAE

Superfamily VESPOIDEA
22. TIPHIIDAE
23. SAPYGIDAE
24. MUTILLIDAE
25. SIEROLOMORPHIDAE
26. POMPILIDAE
27. RHOPALOSOMATIDAE
28. BRADYNOBAENIDAE
29. SCOLIIDAE
30. VESPIDAE
31. FORMICIDAE

Superfamily APOIDEA
(SPHECIFORMES)
32. [HETEROGYNAIDAE]
33. SPHECIDAE

(APIFORMES)
34. COLLETIDAE
35. [STENOTRITIDAE]
36. ANDRENIDAE
37. OXAEIDAE
38. HALCTIDAE
39. MELITTIDAE
40. [CTENOPLECTRIDAE]
41. MEGACHILIDAE
42. APIDAE




APOCRITA (PARASITICA)

Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA
43. BRACONIDAE
44. ICHNEUMONIDAE

Superfamily EVANIOIDEA
45. AULACIDAE
46. GASTERUPTIIDAE
47. EVANIIDAE

Superfamily STEPHANOIDEA
48. STEPHANIDAE

Superfamily MEGALYROIDEA
49. [MEGALYRIDAE]

Superfamily TRIGONALYOIDEA
50. TRIGONALYIDAE

Superfamily CYNIPOIDEA
51. IBALIIDAE
52. LIOPTERIDAE
53. FIGITIDAE
54. EUCOILIDAE
55. CHARIPIDAE
56. CYNIPIDAE

Superfamily PROCTOTRUPOIDEA

57. PELECINIDAE
58. VANHORNIIDAE
59. PROTOTRUPIDAE
60. HELORIDAE
61. [PERADENIIDAE]
62. ROPRONIIDAE
63. [AUSTRONIIDAE]
64. MONOMACHIDAE
65. DIAPRIIDAE

Superfamily PLATYGASTROIDEA
66. SCELIONIDAE
67. PLATYGASTRIDAE

Superfamily CERAPHRONOIDEA
68. MEGASPILIDAE
69. CERAPHRONIDAE

Superfamily MYMAROMMATOIDEA
70. MYMAROMMATIDAE

Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA

71. CHALCIDIDAE
72. LEUCOSPIDAE
73. EURYTOMIDAE
74. PTEROMALIDAE
75. AGAONIDAE
76. TORYMIDAE
77. ORMYRIDAE
78. PERILAMPIDAE
79. EUCHARITIDAE
80. EUPELMIDAE
81. TANAOSTIGMATIDAE
82. ENCYRTIDAE
83. APHELINIDAE
84. SIGNIPHORIDAE
85. [TETRACAMPIDAE]
86. [ROTOITIDAE]
87. EULOPHIDAE
88. ELASMIDAE
89. TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE
90. MYMARIDAE