Apocrita

Apocrita
Plectroctena sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Superfamilies
Aculeata Superfamily Apoidea Superfamily Chrysidoidea Superfamily Vespoidea Parasitica Superfamily Ceraphronoidea Superfamily Chalcidoidea Superfamily Cynipoidea Superfamily Evanioidea Superfamily Ichneumonoidea Superfamily Megalyroidea Superfamily Mymarommatoidea Superfamily Platygastroidea Superfamily Proctotrupoidea Superfamily Stephanoidea Superfamily Trigonaloidea

Apocrita is a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera, the other being the Symphyta.

Included in the Apocrita are the ants, bees, wasps, braconids, ichneumons, chalcids, nearly all parasitic hymenopterans, and a few other forms. The suborder includes the most highly evolved members of the order. There are well over a hundred thousand species distributed worldwide.

Apis dorsata from Family Apidae on Tribulus terrestris in Hyderabad, India