Hymenopteran Families

Order Hymenoptera

Suborder = Symphyta

Suborder = Apocrita

Superfamily = Trigonaloidea

Family = Trigonalidae

Superfamily = Ichneumonoidea

Family = Ichneumonidae

Family = Braconidae

Family = Stephanidae

Family = Megalyridae

Superfamily = Evanioidea

Family = Evaniidae about 500 species (see Evaniidae Research for more info)

Family = Aulacidea

Family = Gasteruptiidae

Superfamily = Cynipoidea

Family = Cynipidae

Family = Figitidae

Family = Ibaliidae

Family = Liopteridae

Superfamily = Chalcidoidea

Family = Agaonidae

Family = Chalcididae

Family = Eurytomidae

Family = Perilampidae

Family = Eucharitidae

Family = Pteromalidae

Family = Encyrtidae

Family = Eulophidae

Family = Trichogrammatidae

Family = Elasmidae

Family = Mymaridae

Superfamily = Proctotrupoidea

Family = Pelecinidae

Family = Proctotrupidae

Family = Diapriidae

Family = Vanhorniidae

Family = Heloridae

Family = Roproniidae

Superfamily = Scelionoidea

Family = Scelionidae

Family = Platygasteridae

Superfamily = Ceraphronoidea

Family = Ceraphronidae

Superfamily = Bethyloidea

Family = Loboscelidiidae

Family = Sclerogibbidae

Family = Dryinidae

Family = Embolemidae

Family = Bethylidae

Family = Chrysididae

Superfamily = Scolioidea

Family = Scoliidae

Family = Tiphiidae

Family = Mutillidae (Velvet Ants)

Family = Sapygidae

Family = Formicidae (Ants)

Superfamily = Pompiloidea

Family = Pompilidae

Family = Rhopalosomatidae

Superfamily = Vespoidae

Family = Eumenidae

Family = Vespidae (Includes the Social Wasps)

Family = Masaridae

Superfamily = Sphecoidea

Family = Sphecidae

Superfamily = Apoidea

Family = Colletidae

Family = Halictidae

Family = Andrenidae

Family = Stenotritidae

Family = Melittidae

Family = Megachilidae

Family = Xylocopidae

Family = Dasypodidae

Family = Meganomidae

Family = Apidae (Honey Bees and relatives including all the Social species)