Hymenopterida

Hymenopterida
Temporal range: Triassicpresent
Male small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
(unranked): Eumetabola
(unranked): Holometabola
Superorder: Hymenopterida
Orders

Hymenopterida is a superorder of holometabolous (metamorphosing) insects. As originally circumscribed, it included Hymenoptera and the orders in Panorpida (Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera, Trichoptera and Lepidoptera). However, more recent studies find Hympenoptera as sister to the other members of Holometabola and the superorder is restricted to Hymenoptera.

Evolution

The following phylogenetic tree shows the internal relationships of the superorder as a clade of Hymenoptera and the orders that comprise Panorpida.

Endopterygota
Neuropteroidea

Coleopterida

Neuropterida

Hymenopterida

Hymenoptera

Panorpida
Antliophora

Diptera (true flies)

Mecoptera (scorpionflies, hangingflies)

Siphonaptera (fleas)

Amphiesmenoptera

Trichoptera (caddisflies)

Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)

(Mecopterida)
(Holometabola)

More recent molecular analyses find a different arrangement within Holometabola, with Hymenoptera as the earliest branching group.

Holometabola

Hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps)

Aparaglossata
Neuropteroidea
Neuropterida

Raphidioptera (snakeflies)

Megaloptera (alderflies and allies)

Neuroptera (Lacewings and allies)

Coleopterida

Coleoptera (beetles)

Strepsiptera (twisted-wing parasites)

Panorpida
Amphiesmenoptera

Trichoptera (caddisflies)

Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths)

Antliophora

Diptera

Mecoptera (scorpionflies)

Siphonaptera (fleas)


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