Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - aculeates (Apoidea, Chrysidoidea and Vespoidea) Author Else, George R. Author Bolton, Barry Author Broad, Gavin R. text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 8050 8050 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8050 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8050 1314-2828-4-8050 Anthophila Latreille, 1804 Notes Engel (2005) proposed that the informal name Anthophila , without formal rank, be used for the bees (here denoted as an 'infraorder' due to restrictions in the available fields). Note that 'apiformes' and the corresponding 'spheciformes') is an equivalent term proposed by Brothers (1975)