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--8050 APOIDEA Latreille, 1802 Notes The higher-level classification of the Apoidea follows Pulawski (2013) Engel (2005) and M. Kuhlmann's online checklist of Western Palaearctic bees. The 'traditional' family Sphecidae is paraphyletic with respect to the bee families (here referred to as the Anthophila , an informal taxon, following Engel 2005 ) and in Britain and Ireland comprises the families Crabronidae and Sphecidae . Species-level classification of Crabronidae and Sphecidae follows Pulawski (2013) . Figs 1, 2: habitus of selected British Apoidea .