Anthophila
E424854
Anthophila is the clade comprising all bees, a diverse group of pollinating insects closely related to wasps within the superfamily Apoidea.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anthophila canonical | 5 |
| Amegilla | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4235268 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anthophila Context triple: [Apoidea, includes, Anthophila]
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A.
Apocrita
Apocrita is a large suborder of insects within the order Hymenoptera that includes wasps, bees, and ants, characterized by a narrow waist separating the thorax and abdomen.
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B.
Apidae
Apidae is a large and diverse family of bees that includes honey bees, bumblebees, stingless bees, and many other important pollinators found worldwide.
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C.
Halictidae
Halictidae is a large and diverse family of bees, commonly known as sweat bees, many of which are attracted to human perspiration and exhibit a wide range of social behaviors.
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D.
Anthophorini
Anthophorini is a tribe of long-tongued, often fast-flying solitary bees commonly known as digger or flower bees, recognized for their robust bodies and frequent association with sandy or bare soil nesting sites.
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E.
Apoidea
Apoidea is a large superfamily of bees and related wasps that includes many of the world’s primary pollinators.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anthophila Target entity description: Anthophila is the clade comprising all bees, a diverse group of pollinating insects closely related to wasps within the superfamily Apoidea.
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A.
Apocrita
Apocrita is a large suborder of insects within the order Hymenoptera that includes wasps, bees, and ants, characterized by a narrow waist separating the thorax and abdomen.
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B.
Apidae
Apidae is a large and diverse family of bees that includes honey bees, bumblebees, stingless bees, and many other important pollinators found worldwide.
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C.
Halictidae
Halictidae is a large and diverse family of bees, commonly known as sweat bees, many of which are attracted to human perspiration and exhibit a wide range of social behaviors.
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D.
Anthophorini
Anthophorini is a tribe of long-tongued, often fast-flying solitary bees commonly known as digger or flower bees, recognized for their robust bodies and frequent association with sandy or bare soil nesting sites.
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E.
Apoidea
Apoidea is a large superfamily of bees and related wasps that includes many of the world’s primary pollinators.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| associatedWith | angiosperm diversification ⓘ |
| belongsToSuperfamily | Apoidea ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
sphecoid wasps
ⓘ
wasps ⓘ |
| commonName | bees ⓘ |
| contains |
Andrenidae
ⓘ
Apidae ⓘ Apis ⓘ Bombus ⓘ Colletidae ⓘ Halictidae ⓘ Megachilidae ⓘ Meliponini ⓘ
linked to:
Apidae
Melittidae ⓘ Xylocopinae ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
branched body hairs
ⓘ
pollen baskets ⓘ pollen-collecting adaptations ⓘ |
| ecologicalImportance | key pollinators of flowering plants ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | pollinators ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Early Cretaceous ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance | crop pollination ⓘ |
| hasFeedingHabit |
nectar feeding
ⓘ
pollen feeding ⓘ |
| includes |
all bees
ⓘ
bumblebees ⓘ carpenter bees ⓘ cuckoo bees ⓘ honey bees ⓘ leafcutter bees ⓘ mason bees ⓘ mining bees ⓘ stingless bees ⓘ sweat bees ⓘ |
| isA |
group of insects
ⓘ
monophyletic group ⓘ pollinating insects ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Apoidea ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| order | Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Apoidea ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| primaryHabitat | terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ |
| reproductionDependsOn | flowering plants ⓘ |
| suborder | Apocrita ⓘ |
| taxonRank | clade ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
climate change
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ pesticides ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Anthophila Description of subject: Anthophila is the clade comprising all bees, a diverse group of pollinating insects closely related to wasps within the superfamily Apoidea.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Anthophila