Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Hymenoptera

Current position

Anthophila ([unranked]) Latreille, 1804

Ref: M.S. Engel, 2005: 30.

Alternative positions

Apiformes (Division)	Ref: M.S. Engel, 2001: 34.
Apocrita (Suborder) Gerstaecker, 1867	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 607.
Apoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: N.F. Johnson, 2009-present: 8 May 2013.

Historical positions

Anthophila ([unranked]) Latreille, 1804	Ref: M.S. Engel, 2005: 30.
Anthophila ([unranked]) Latreille, 1804	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: 460.
Apiformes (Division)	Ref: M.S. Engel, 2001: 34.
Hymenoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1998: 18 Mar 2008.
Apoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: G.C. Eickwort, 1982: 678-679.
Apocrita (Suborder) Gerstaecker, 1867	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 607.
Apoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	37g;10s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 8 May 2013	[37g]
2009-present	N.F. Johnson: 8 May 2013	*4sf;36g;2208s;328ss
2008-2009	N.F. Johnson & L. Musetti: 25 Jan 2010	[36g]
1982	G.C. Eickwort	2sf;20g;>4000?s