Keys for the identification of British Hymenoptera (bees and wasps)
Equipping the next generation of entomologists
Equipping the next generation of entomologists
Key to the British superfamilies of hymenoptera.pdfSuperfamilies Cephoidea, Megalodontoidea, Orussoidea, Siricoidea, Tenthredinoidea and Xyeloidea.
fully-winged
abdomen not separated from the thorax by a narrowed section (i.e. without a waist)
front wings with several areas enclosed on all sides by veins (closed cells)
size 3-40 mm.
Superfamilies Ceraphronoidea, Chalcidoidea, Cynipoidea, Evaniodea, Ichneumonoidea, Platygastroidea, Proctotrupoidea, Stephanoidea and Trigonalyoidea.
Superfamilies Apoidea, Chrysidoidea, Formicoidea, Pompiloidea, Scolioidea and Vespoidea