NOMEN: Apocrita Gerstaecker 1867: 1 [A. Gerstaecker. Ueber die Gattung Oxybelus Latr. und die bei Berlin vorkommenden Arten derselben. – Zetschrift fur die Gesammen Naturwissenschaft , 1867, 30 (7): 1-96]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Gerstaecker 1867):
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JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:
=?Petioliventra Th. 1872
=?Petioliventria Cameron 1883
= Petiolata Sharp 1894
=?Petioliventres Sharp 1895
=?Clistogastra Konow 1905
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Vespa/f=Cynips/g (sine. Orussus)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Vespina
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.
Systematic position
and classification of Apocrita:
| Hymenoptera plesiomorphon Symphyta Apocrita plesiomorphon Parasitica Monotrocha |