Suborder Apocrita

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf taxonomic suborder
gptkbp:characteristic complete metamorphosis
important pollinators
ovipositor often modified into a stinger
holometabolous development
adults have two pairs of membranous wings
important in biological control
larvae are legless and maggot-like
parasitic and predatory species
social and solitary species
gptkbp:contains bees
ants
wasps
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Leach,_1815
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature narrow waist (petiole) between thorax and abdomen
gptkbp:firstAppearance gptkb:Jurassic_period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Suborder Apocrita
gptkbp:includes superfamily Apoidea
superfamily Ceraphronoidea
superfamily Chalcidoidea
superfamily Cynipoidea
superfamily Evanioidea
superfamily Ichneumonoidea
superfamily Platygastroidea
superfamily Proctotrupoidea
superfamily Stephanoidea
superfamily Trigonaloidea
superfamily Vespoidea
gptkbp:parent order Hymenoptera
gptkbp:taxonRank subfamily
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wasp_(insect)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7