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Hymenoptera
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Hymenoptera /Hy·men·op·tera/ (-op´ter-ah) an order of insects with two pairs of well-developed membranous wings, like bees and wasps.
Hymenoptera
an order of the class Insecta. Includes the ants, wasps, hornets, bees, fireants and sawflies. Characterized by two pairs of shiny, membranous wings.
Hymenoptera sting
a cause of injury and sometimes serious toxic and hypersensitivity reactions, particularly in dogs, which may be local or systemic. See also bee sting.
Hymenoptera
Medical entology An order of insects with 2 pairs of membranceous wings. See Bee, Fire ant, Wasp.
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2003) and hymenopteran species like the yellowsjacket wasp and humble bee (Thoren et al.
Characterization of 35 new microsatellite genetic markers for the ... by Garcia, Denise K.; Alcivar-Warren, Acacia / Journal of Shellfish Research
In that study, important foods included beetles (Scarabaeidae, Chrysomelidae--spotted cucumber beetle, Carabidae, and unidentified Coleoptera), hemipterans (a green Pentatomidae--stinkbug, Acrosternon hilare), hymenopterans (Formicidae and Ichneumonidae), homopterans (Cicadellidae), and lepidopterans.
Bats of the naval surface warfare center at Crane, Indiana by Whitaker, John O., Jr. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
Most larvae of this family are instead parasitic on other insects, particularly Hymenopterans (Borror et al.
Evaluating diversity: a baseline study comparing the diversity of the ... by McKeown, James P. / Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
 
 
 
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