Hymenopterida


Hymenopterida is a superorder of holometabolous insects. As originally circumscribed, it included Hymenoptera and the orders in Panorpida. However, more recent studies find Hymenoptera 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 but more recent molecular analyses find a different arrangement within Holometabola, with Hymenoptera as the earliest branching group.