hymenopterans

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• hymenopteran — /huy meuh nop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. hymenopterous. n. 2. Also, hymenopter. a hymenopterous insect. [1875 80; HYMENOPTER + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction   any member of the third largest and perhaps the most beneficial to humans of all insect… …   Universalium

• Hymenoptera — Taxobox name = Hymenoptera fossil range=Triassic Recent image width = 240px image caption = female Andrena sp. regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota ordo …   Wikipedia

• Pupa — of the Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) A pupa (Latin pupa for doll, pl: pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation. The pupal stage is found only in holometabolous insects, those that undergo a complete… …   Wikipedia

• Endopterygota — Temporal range: Pennsylvanian–Recent …   Wikipedia

• insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… …   Universalium

• termite — /terr muyt/, n. any of numerous pale colored, soft bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc. Also called white ant. [1775 85; taken as sing. of… …   Universalium

• aculeate — adjective Etymology: Latin aculeatus having stings, from aculeus sting, from acus Date: 1875 relating to or being hymenopterans (as bees, ants, and many wasps) of a division (Aculeata) typically having the ovipositor modified into a stinger …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Insect — For the Breed 77 album, see Insects (album). Insect Temporal range: 396–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

• Ovipositor — Grasshopper ovipositor (the two cerci are also visible) Fe …   Wikipedia

• Eusociality — Insect queen redirects here. For the comics characters, see Insect Queen. A swarming Meat Eater ant colony. Eusociality (Greek eu: good/real + social ) is a term used for the highest level of social organization in a hierarchical classification.… …   Wikipedia

• Pollination — Carpenter bee with pollen collected from Night blooming cereus …   Wikipedia