Synonyms: Aculeata Scopoli 1763, Piezata Fabricius 1798
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Holometabola according to B. Misof et al. 2014
See also Beutel and Pohl 2006, Carpenter 1992, Clapham 2020, Cockerell 1921, Drury 1770, Fabricius 1798, Forster 1771, Harris 1780, Hong and Wang 1985, Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1764, Müller 1776, Schreber 1759, Scopoli 1763 and Strøm 1768
Sister taxa: Aparaglossata, Avioxyelidae, Cavalarva, Metabolarva, Panorpida, Srokalarvidae
Subtaxa: Aculeati Anaxyeloidea Bryopompilidae Cleptes steenstrupi Nygmatius Pamphilioidea Pseudisobrachium oligocenicum Shandongodes necrodes Siricomorpha Symphyta Tenthredinoidea Terebrantes Unicalcarida Xyeloidea
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