Hy·me·nop·ter·a
(hī'me-nop'tĕr-ă),An order of insects, including bees, wasps, and ants, characterized by locked pairs of membranous wings and high development of social or colonial behavior.
[G. hymēn, membrane, + pteron, wing]
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Hymenoptera
Medical entology An order of insects with 2 pairs of membranceous wings. See Bee, Fire ant, Wasp.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Hy·me·nop·ter·a
(hī'mĕ-nop'tĕr-ă)An order of insects, including bees, wasps, and ants, characterized by locked pairs of membranous wings and high development of social or colonial behavior.
[G. hymēn, membrane, + pteron, wing]
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Fig. 192 Hymenoptera . A winged female ant.
Hymenoptera
an insect order of the subclass ENDOPTERYGOTA, including some of the most important social insects, such as ants, bees and wasps. They are characterized by the presence of two pairs of membranous wings that are connected together and often there is a marked constriction (‘wasp-waist’) between the abdomen and thorax. Apart from the social insects, the order also contains many solitary bees and wasps and the ichneumon flies, the larvae of which are often parasitic on other insects.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005