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Table 5 Number of thelytokous species and type of thelytoky for a number of Hymenopteran superfamilies

From: Single locus complementary sex determination in Hymenoptera: an "unintelligent" design?

Hymenopteran superfamily

Number of thelytokous species1

Number of species with PI-Wolbachia2

Number of thelytokous species without PI-Wolbachia

Tenthredinoidea

90

0

3

Ichneumonoidea

32

5

1

Chalcidoidea

121

31

3

Cynipoidea

53

16

3

Pelicinoidea

1

0

0

Proctotrupoidea

5

0

0

Bethyloidea

6

0

0

Apoidea

6

0

1

Vespoidea

104

0

6

  1. 1 = from [88], 2 = from [93], 3 = excluding >2000 species with cyclical thelytoky, 4 = additional data from [65], [95], [103] and [176].