order Hymenoptera

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Related to order Hymenoptera: order Orthoptera, order Odonata, order Lepidoptera, order Coleoptera, order Hemiptera, order Diptera

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order Hymenoptera - an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.

Hymenoptera

animal order - the order of animals

class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species

hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect - insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing

Apoidea, superfamily Apoidea - bees

family Vespidae, Vespidae - an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps

Sphecoidea, superfamily Sphecoidea - families Sphecidae and Stizidae

Cynipidae, family Cynipidae - a family of Hymenoptera

Chalcidae, Chalcididae, family Chalcidae, family Chalcididae - an arthropod family including: chalcidflies

family Ichneumonidae, Ichneumonidae - ichneumon flies

family Tenthredinidae, Tenthredinidae - sawflies

family Formicidae, Formicidae - ants

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If you take down your Encyclopaedia Britannica , Volume III, AUS to BIS, you will find that bees are a 'large and natural family of the zoological order Hymenoptera, characterized by the plumose form of many of their hairs, by the large size of the basal segment of the foot ...

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The order Hymenoptera is one of the most diverse in nature (Hanson and Gauld, 2006), comprising on average 115 thousand known species and 300 thousand to three million species still undescribed in the Neotropical region.

Herbivore, parasitoid and hyperparasitoid insects associated with fruits and seeds of Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong (Fabaceae)/Insetos herbivoros, parasitoides e hiperparasitoides associados a frutos e sementes de Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong (Fabaceae)

We focus particularly on the Order Hymenoptera (wasps, ants, bees, and their relatives) because of their abundance in the region, as well as their high functional and phylogenetic diversity.

The Effect of Road Proximity on Arthropod Communities in Yukon, Canada

A number of insects have evolved to imitate species belonging to the scientific order Hymenoptera, which includes bees, wasps, hornets and ants.

A Bee or Not a Bee That is the Question

As mentioned earlier, order Hymenoptera was the most common arthropod order in both sites.

Competence of Litter Ants for Rapid Biodiversity Assessments

Wild bees (order Hymenoptera: Apoidea) represent the most important group of pollinator insects because they play a key role in agriculture, pollinating almost all crop varieties.

Diversity of Wild Bees along Elevational Gradient in an Agricultural Area in Central Java, Indonesia

The method that had been implemented in this study were collecting samples, identifications of insects into order Hymenoptera, sorting insects based on their families and calculating population densities based on their families.

Species diversity and abundance of Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae at selected forest in Langkawi Islands, Malaysia

Hill (1985) found chicks preferentially consumed sawfly (Order Hymenoptera) and Lepidoptera larvae, adult and larval carabid beetles, rove beetle larvae, and elaterid beetles (all Order Coleoptera) in the United Kingdom.

Invertebrate prey selection by ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) broods in Nebraska

The order Hymenoptera was the most abundant throughout the study period (4,789 individuals), followed by Coleoptera (2,914), Diptera (1,985) and Collembola (1,716).

Temporal variation of soil entomofauna from an urban forest fragment in southern Brazil/Variacao temporal da entomofauna edafica de um fragmento florestal urbano no sul do Brasil

Insects of the order hymenoptera, members of the genus solenopsis namely Sinvicta, S.

Ant bite: a rare cause of anaphylaxis in pregnancy

Physical examination demonstrated 3 dead wasps of the order Hymenoptera and numerous stingers in the integument of the forehead, nape, cranial cervical integument, chin, cheek, intermandibular integument, bulbar conjunctiva, palpebra, rhamphotheca, and cere.

Fatal envenomation of a Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) from eastern yellow jacket wasps (Vespula maculifvons)

Order Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea associated with figs (families Agaonidae & Pteromalidae).

Fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae, Pteromalidae) associated with Asian fig trees (Ficus, Moraceae) in southern Africa: Asian followers and African colonists